honyock

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English - English
A rube or simpleton
An immigrant to the United States from east-central Europe
A hardscrabble farm (this usage known in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alberta and Saskatchewan)
An immigrant from east-central Europe; a hunk or hunyack
A honyock
hunk
honyock

    Etymology

    () The word first appeared in print in the late 19th century, often applied to people who were unwelcome among their family, friends and/or community. A common theory of the origin of this word is the merger of the first syllable of the word Hungarian and the last syllable of the ethnic slur Polack. However, a more likely origin is the Hungarian adjective hanyag, which has a variety of negative meanings including careless, sloppy, slothful, and slow.
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