Dialectal (chiefly Scottish/Irish, usually plural) ‘haunches’; also historical U.S. politics ‘a conservative person’.
Traducciones
The hunkers in the legislature opposed every progressive measure proposed.
Les conservateurs de la législature s'opposaient à toute mesure progressiste proposée.
les hanchesS'emploie surtout au pluriel pour désigner les haunches. She lowered herself onto her hunkers to examine the seedlings.
Elle s'est accroupie sur les hanches pour examiner les jeunes pousses.
Definiciones
(chiefly plural) The haunches or the position of squatting on the heels. She lowered herself onto her hunkers to examine the seedlings.
(historical, chiefly US) A politically or socially conservative person; a supporter of maintaining the status quo. The hunkers in the legislature opposed every progressive measure proposed.