honest injun

• honest Indian

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɪstˈɪnd͡ʒən/

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honest injun

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

honest injun (plural honest injuns)

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

• Elizabeth J. Jewell, Frank Abate, Erin McKean, editors (2005), “honest injun”, in The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.