"honest injun" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /ˈɑnɪstˈɪnd͡ʒən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-honest injun.wav
Etymology: From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|honest|injun}} honest + injun
  1. (US, dated, colloquial, humorous, now offensive) Used to emphasize the truth of something. Tags: US, colloquial, dated, humorous, offensive
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-intj-ha57W0hv Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑnɪstˈɪnd͡ʒən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-honest injun.wav Forms: honest injuns [plural]
Etymology: From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|honest|injun}} honest + injun Head templates: {{en-noun}} honest injun (plural honest injuns)
  1. (US, dated, colloquial, humorous, now offensive) An honest person. Tags: US, colloquial, dated, humorous, offensive
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-noun-ZycFWiUp Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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