bohunk

[ boh-huhngk ]
/ ˈboʊˌhʌŋk /

noun Slang.

Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an unskilled or semiskilled foreign-born laborer, especially from east central or southeastern Europe. Compare hunky2.
a rough, stupid person.

Origin of bohunk

1900–05, Americanism; Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian), with devoicing of the g

usage note for bohunk

This term originally referred to Hungarian immigrants, and later to Czechs, Poles, and other Slavs.

British Dictionary definitions for bohunk

bohunk
/ (ˈbəʊˌhʌŋk) /

noun

US and Canadian offensive, slang a labourer from east or central Europe

Word Origin for bohunk

C20: blend of Bo ( hemian) + Hung ( arian), with alteration of g to k