hunks

noun2

1. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A crotchety or surly person.

   • Now, Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of being an incorrigible old hunks, and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard task-master. — 1851
2. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A stingy man; a miser.