See also: Hungries

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Etymology

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A fanciful plural of hungry

Noun

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hungries pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Hunger or cravings for food.
    • 1993, Henry St. Clair Whitehead, Robert Ervin Howard, To sleep, perchance to dream ... nightmare: thirty terrifying tales[1]:
      "At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered
    • 1990, Mary Joan Oexmann, The Heart Factor Food Plan[2]:
      You have just been attacked by the hungries!

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