Meanings
- informaluncountableThe quality or state of being a hunk (an attractive man, especially one who is muscular).
Dr. Robert Bell, at the very beginning of my planning, encouraged me to make my year a search for health and then hunkdom.
1987, Remar Sutton, Remar Sutton's Body Worry, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page xi2 more examples
That was a laugh. "Cousin Brucie a hunk? Not likely!" I hadn't seen Brucie for a while, but I certainly didn't recollect any hint of hunkdom about him.
2006, Claire McNab, The Dingo Dilemma, New York, N.Y.: Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 42Face had never been a people person, a natural friend-maker, or keeper, so he mostly let his fame and hunkdom handle the intros.
2007, L. M. Ross, Manhood: The Longest Moan, New York, N.Y.: Q-Boro Books, →ISBN, page 128
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