Hunkee Doree (1865) & Maison Doree?

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ProQuest gives us 1865 citations for "Hunkee Doree." Dan Bryant performed
"Hunkee Doree, the Live Injun" at Bryant's Minstrels, 472 Broadway, New York
City.
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But what does it all mean?
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Previously, Lighter's HDAS had speculated that the term came from "Japanese
Tommy." I checked those cites and find no connection. We know, only, that the
term was used in NYC in 1865.
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"Hunkee" or "Hunky" needs no explanation. New York had it's "Hunker"
political party since the 1840s.
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It should be noted that, just down the block from Bryant's, at Union  Square,
was the well known Maison Doree. Yes, that's Dor-AY, but it's easy to  see it
rhyme with "Hunkee."
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Was this slang term influenced by a French restaurant?
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(HUNKEE DOREE)
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Nov 26, 1865. p. 7 (1
page) :
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BRYANT'S.
Mechanics' Hall, No. 472 Broadway, above Grand-st.
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Hunkee Doree, the Live Ingin...Dan Bryant.
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Nov 29, 1865. p. 7 (1
page) :
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BRYANT'S.
Mechanics' Hall, No. 472 Broadway, above Grand-st.
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Hunkee Doree, the Live Ingin...Dan Bryant.
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     _New York Herald_
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14, 1870_
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3-1870)   ...SUCCESS OF  THE NEW PANTOMIME, HUNKY DOREE. The great event of
the  season.....and artistic to the extreme, HUNKY DOREE. Transcends all
example. Eclipses..
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(MAISON DOREE)
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_WELCOME  TO GOV. MORTON.; Dinner at the Maison Doree Speeches by Mayor
Opdyke, Gov.  Morton, Robert Dale Owen, Judge Bonney, Gen. Wool, H.J. Raymond, and
Others.  SPEECH OF GOV. MORTON, OF INDIANA. SPEECH OF GEN. WOOL. SPEECH OF
ROBERT DALE  OWEN. SPEECH OF HON. H.J. RAYMOND. _
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New York Times  (1857. Apr 10, 1863. p. 5 (1 page)
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Mar 7, 1865. p. 8 (1
page) :
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The large eagle in front of the Maison Doree was lighted, forming an
attractive feature of the display.
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_The  Union Square Meeting._
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 4, 1865. p. 8 (1
page)
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...a cord with six large United States flags stretched across from the
Maison Doree to the stand...
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_GENERAL  ORDER WAREHOUSES.; Letter from the Collector to the Steamship
Companies. The  Eighth National Bank Sale of the "Maison Doree" Property. The
Stuyvesant Bank. _
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New York Times (1857-Current file). New York,  N.Y.: Mar 17, 1872. p. 3 (1
page)
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_The Eighth National Bank--Sale of the_
_"Maison Doree" Property._
The investigation of the Depositors' Committee into the affairs of the
Eighth National Bank, now in the hands of a receiver, which was to have been  made
yesterday, has been postponed till Monday or Tuesday. The Union-square
property, known as the "Maison Doree," has been sold to a sewing-machine company
for $365,000.
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_A  PARISIAN RESTAURANT.; TRAITS OF THE MAISON DOREE REMINISCENCES OF THE
SIEGE  FACTS AND FIGURES._
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New York Times (1857-Current  file). New York, N.Y.: Nov 6, 1875. p. 4 (1
page)
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Let me begin with the Maison Doree, in the opinion of many _gourmets_ the
best restaurant in Paris.