"Hunc over de" clubs, NY 1736?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Yet another spelling is "hunkedee", as in this story about Quaker
>children in Philadelphia: ....

And there is "hunkety", with several examples at Google Books.

-- Doug Wilson


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