Snooker and Hunker Snooker and Hunker Published: 1 May 2024 Original: 28 March 1891 Morning journal and courier, (New Haven), 28 March 1891 Snooker—”I bought these three-dollar trousers in a fit of economy.” Hunker (surveying the garment)—”I don’t see the fit.”—Munsey’s Weekly.