Word: hunkerer
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...with a woman not his wife. Sometimes female stars use them too. The custom is usually successful in averting trouble with the wife or husband, the gossip columnists and the public. "If Hollywood ever took off its beard," a comedian once remarked, "the public would not recognize it." A "hunker" is somebody kept on the payroll to know baseball scores, send out for coffee, and strike matches...
Jackpot. In Falls City, Neb., the judge fined Irvin J. Hunker $35 for stealing a slot machine, then fined Andy Helbert $1,000 for owning...
Jack Lynch, Navy V-12 unit, was drowned champ of the summer session tennis' players Tuesday when he beat Robert Hunker of the Navy Supply Corps School in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4, 6-1. After losing the first set in his first match, Lynch went on to win 11 straight sets and take the tournament. Lynch won nine of the sets by scores better than 6-2, taking the other...
...Robert Hunker, his opponent in the finals, also received a certificate for his wins over S. T. Collinson, 6-1, 6-4; John Benn, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; and Jack Zinsser...
...Hunker, who stamped himself as the man to beat when he vanquished Jack Benn, favorite at the start, lost the first set of his semi-final match before rallying to beat F.M. Shore, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Hunker is an officer in the Naval Supply Corps School here, and came into the semi-finals after a three-set match with John Zinsser...