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hunker

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hunker/ˈhʌŋkə(r)/

▶verb

1 squat or crouch down low.

2 (hunker down) apply oneself seriously to a task.

– origin C18: prob. rel. to Ger. hocken.

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