Usually means: Squatting low on one's heels.
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  8. hunkers: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  The haunches.

Similar:
crouched, huddled, hunkered down, unerect, haunching, huckle, hanch, hunch, hunk, hench, more...

Opposite:
stand up, rise, straighten up, stretch

Phrases:
hunkers down, Barnburners and Hunkers, more...

Adjectives:
old, inveterate, other, conservative, few, soft

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Similar:
crouched, huddled, hunkered down, unerect, haunching, huckle, hanch, hunch, hunk, hench, more...

Opposite:
stand up, rise, straighten up, stretch

Phrases:
hunkers down, Barnburners and Hunkers, more...

Adjectives:
old, inveterate, other, conservative, few, soft



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