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hungries en · NOUN

Etymology

A fanciful plural of hungry

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Hunger or cravings for food.
   • "At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered 1993, 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: