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A fanciful plural of hungry
hungries pl (plural only)
- (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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