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mill hunky

mill hunky noun: a blue-collar immigrant steel mill worker, usually of Eastern European heritage.

Noun

mill hunky (plural mill hunkies)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Western, derogatory, ethnic, historical, slur) A blue-collar immigrant steel mill worker, usually of Eastern European heritage.
    • It is sad to hear people refer to themselves as a “dumb hillbilly coal miner”, or “just an ordinary mill-hunky”. Every person who has spent a lifetime contributing to the organization’s growth deserves to have a well-developed attitude toward themselves, regardless of the level of, of education or...1995, Armstrong, William W., “Revitalizing the Work Ethic”, in Catalytic management : success by design, page 100
    • One minute he was a mill Hunky from Beaver County, the next he was a tycoon. The most successful Polish American in the history of the U.S.2006, Kuzneski, Chris, Sign of the cross, page 30

Forms of mill hunky

pluralmill hunkies
alternative formmill-hunky

Origin of mill hunky

Originated as an ethnic slur for Eastern European immigrants.

Questions about mill hunky

What does mill hunky mean?
Mill hunky means a blue-collar immigrant steel mill worker, usually of Eastern European heritage.
What part of speech is mill hunky?
Mill hunky is a noun.
What is the plural of mill hunky?
The plural of mill hunky is mill hunkies.

Words near mill hunky in the dictionary

  1. mill fever
  2. mill fevers
  3. mill head
  4. mill heads
  5. Mill Hill
  6. mill hunky
  7. mill moth
  8. mill moths
  9. Mill Park
  10. mill pick
  11. mill picks

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