"honest injun" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian. Etymology templates: {{m|en|honest}} honest, {{m|en|injun}} injun, {{m|en|Indian}} Indian
  1. (US, humorous, dated, now offensive) A phrase used to emphasize the truth of something. Tags: US, dated, humorous, offensive Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-intj-akTyOUIi Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Noun

Forms: honest injuns [plural]
Etymology: honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian. Etymology templates: {{m|en|honest}} honest, {{m|en|injun}} injun, {{m|en|Indian}} Indian Head templates: {{en-noun}} honest injun (plural honest injuns)
  1. (US, humorous, now offensive) An honest person. Tags: US, humorous, offensive Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-honest_injun-en-noun-ZycFWiUp Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 64

Inflected forms

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