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honest injun

honest injun interjection: used to emphasize the truth of something.

Interjection

  1. (US, colloquial, dated, humorous, offensive) Used to emphasize the truth of something.

Noun

honest injun (plural honest injuns)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated, humorous, offensive) An honest person.

Forms of honest injun

Interjection
alternative formhonest Indian
Noun
pluralhonest injuns

Origin of honest injun

From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

Questions about honest injun

What does honest injun mean?
Honest injun means used to emphasize the truth of something.
What part of speech is honest injun?
Honest injun can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near honest injun in the dictionary

  1. honest as the day
  2. honest broker
  3. honest brokers
  4. honest comment
  5. honest Indian
  6. honest injun
  7. honest injuns
  8. honest John
  9. honest Johns
  10. honest mistake
  11. honest mistakes

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