Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hunkers \Hun"kers\, n. pl. [See {Hunker}.]
   In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching
   position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]

         Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge.
                                                  --Kipling.