hunky hand grenade

plural hunky hand grenades

1. PennsylvaniaWesterncolloquialchiefly Pittsburgh area; nickname; chiefly Pittsburgh area; nicknameA stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki).

   Near-synonyms: pig in a blanket, halupki, stuffed cabbage

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   In his opening while battling with Johnny, Hornak reached outside the ring for a foreign object which turned out to be a real halupki. That's right, a pig in the Blanket, the Hunky hand grenade. Hornak was catching a quick snack.

   1998 May 16, Monessen Valley Independent Staff, Monessen Valley Independent in Monessen, Pennsylvania, page 20

   While it has been “reclaimed” by many Rusyns the same way I have noticed “Indian” has been reclaimed by my Native American community, for example a stuffed cabbage dish called “kapusta” in Rusyn may be referred to as a “Hunky hand grenade” just as taco fillings in Native American frybread are called an “Indian taco”.

   2026 May 11, Isabel Fernando, Carpatho-Rusyns from the Carpathians to The Appalachians. Navigating Language Barriered Perspectives of Identity and Online Heritage Revival of an Ethnic Minority.

   Synonyms: pig in a blanket, halupki, stuffed cabbage