Moby-Dick: Old hunks
Old hunks
- old miser
- grumpy old man
- old bully (slang)
The word old hunks appears in the following sentences from Moby-Dick:
Chapter 1 > Paragraph 9 > Sentence 1:
What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks?
Chapter 1 > Paragraph 9 > Sentence 3:
Do you think the archangel Gabriel thinks anything the less of me, because I promptly and respectfully obey that old hunks in that particular instance?
Chapter 16 > Paragraph 45 > Sentence 1:
Now, Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of being an incorrigible old hunks, and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard task-master.
Concordance for the word old hunks from Moby-Dick.
