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The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing the two factions was that of slavery, with the Barnburners being the anti-slavery faction.
Vietnamese children squatting. Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting involves supporting the weight of the body on the ischial tuberosities of the pelvis, with the lower buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal object.
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Fabian strategy: avoiding pitched battles in order to wear down the enemy in a war of attrition. Fighting withdrawal: pulling back military forces while maintaining contact with the enemy. File: a single column of soldiers. Fire in the hole; Flanking maneuver: to attack an enemy or an enemy unit from the side, or to maneuver to do so.
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2008. Jaan Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. 10 vols. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1984–present. Hungarian. Gábor Zaicz. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes ...
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Hunker may refer to: Hunker, Pennsylvania, United States; a borough; 19788 Hunker, a main-belt asteroid; Jeffrey Hunker (1957-2013), an American cybersecurity expert and writer; Hunkers, a faction of the Democratic Party in New York, United States during the mid-19th century; Hunkering