Hunkers

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hunkers \Hun"kers\, n. pl. [See {Hunker}.]
     In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching
     position; haunches. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]
  
           Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge.
                                                    --Kipling.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]