adj. (American).—Good; jolly; a general superlative. Also HUNKIDORUM.
d. 1867. C. F. BROWNE (‘Artemus Ward’), The Shakers (Railway ed.), p. 43. ‘HUNKY boy! Go it my gay and festive cuss!’
1873. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, A Fair Saxon, ch. xxxviii. The guard dies, but never surrenders! Fine, isn’t it? But the HUNKY-boy that said that surrendered all the same.
1888. Texas Siftings, 20 Oct. Robert is all HUNKY, but he had a mighty close call the week before last.
