"honest injun" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-honest injun.wav
Etymology: honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.
  1. (US, dated, offensive) A phrase used to emphasize the truth of something. Tags: US, dated, offensive
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-intj-akTyOUIi Categories (other): American English

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-honest injun.wav Forms: honest injuns [plural]
Etymology: honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian. Head templates: {{en-noun}} honest injun (plural honest injuns)
  1. (US, dated, offensive) An honest person. Tags: US, dated, offensive Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-noun-ZycFWiUp Disambiguation of People: 27 73 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: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81

Inflected forms

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