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Word: honkers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Honker" is rodeo slang that freely translates either as "dangerous bull" (the animal, not the conversational variety) or as a particularly accommodating woman. Examples of each species are at large in The Honkers, and they cause no end of mischief. Whether of the two-or four-legged variety, they have a habit of throwing the feckless hero, Lew Lathrop (James Coburn), into a ringtail loop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bullpen | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

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