hunky-dory的词源

英文词源

hunky-dory (adj.): 1866, American English (popularized c. 1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for persions of the sort sailors enjoy.

词源不详，可能来自荷兰语honk,家园，dory,不详。即平安回家的。

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