hungries

noun — 2 senses

nounalso spelled Hungries

Etymology A fanciful plural of hungry

Slang Hunger or cravings for food.

"At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered1993, Henry St. Clair Whitehead, Robert Ervin Howard, To sleep, perchance to dream ... nightmare: thirty terrifying tales:
You have just been attacked by the hungries!1990, Mary Joan Oexmann, The Heart Factor Food Plan:

Hungries

noun

The poets of the Hungry generation.

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