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hunky hand grenade

hunky hand grenade noun: a stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki).

hunky hand grenade: a stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki)
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Noun

hunky hand grenade (plural hunky hand grenades)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Western, colloquial, chiefly Pittsburgh area, nickname) A stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki).
    • Near-synonyms: pig in a blanket, halupki, stuffed cabbage
    • In his opening while battling with Johnny, Hornak reached outside the ring for a foreign object which turned out to be a real halupki. That's right, a pig in the Blanket, the Hunky hand grenade. Hornak was catching a quick snack.1998 May 16, Monessen Valley Independent Staff, Monessen Valley Independent in Monessen, Pennsylvania, page 20

Synonyms of hunky hand grenade

Forms of hunky hand grenade

pluralhunky hand grenades

Origin of hunky hand grenade

hunky + hand grenade; originating from the Appalachian, Polish, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rusyn immigrant communities in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Questions about hunky hand grenade

What does hunky hand grenade mean?
Hunky hand grenade means a stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki).
What part of speech is hunky hand grenade?
Hunky hand grenade is a noun.
What is the plural of hunky hand grenade?
The plural of hunky hand grenade is hunky hand grenades.

Words near hunky hand grenade in the dictionary

  1. hunkses
  2. hunksome
  3. hunkvertising
  4. hunky
  5. hunky dory
  6. hunky hand grenade
  7. hunky punk
  8. hunky punks
  9. hunky-dorey
  10. hunky-dory
  11. hunkydory

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