honest injun
English
Etymology
honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.
Interjection
honest injun
- (US, humorous, now sometimes offensive) A phrase used to emphasize the truth of something.
Noun
honest injun (plural honest injuns)
- (US, humorous, now sometimes offensive) An honest person.
References
- “honest injun” in the The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005