DCHP-3

hunch

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the spinous process on the vertebrae in the hump above the shoulders of a buffalo, much prized as a delicacy.

See: boss

Quotations

1859
The upper part of the hunch of the buffalo, weighing four or five pounds, is called by the Indians the little hunch.