hoyker

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Definitions

  • n. A hunchback.

  • n. A hump.

Example Sentences

  • "So we had Groinem schnorrer (beggar), who wheedled money out of others, and Zalman hoiker (hunchback), who may have been only slightly stooped, but it was enough to earn him the epithet." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • הױקער hoyker

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      hoiker

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