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hon⋅key

  [hong-kee, hawng-]
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–noun, plural -keys. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
honky.
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hon⋅ky

  [hong-kee, hawng-]
–noun, plural -kies. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a white person.
Also, honkie, honkey, honker.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; perh. alter of hunky 2
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hon·ky or hon·kie also hon·key   (hông'kē, hŏng'-)   
n.   pl. hon·kies also hon·keys Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a white person.

[Possibly blend of Wolof honq, red, pink, of light complexion, and hunky1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
honky

and honkey; honkie; hunky
  1. n.
    a white male; a Caucasian. (Black. Not necessarily derogatory. A pronunciation variant of hunky. Compare to jonx = junks.) : Some honky was around asking for you.
  2. mod.
    in the manner of a Caucasian; white-like. : That's honky music. I want to hear soul.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

honky 
derogatory slang word for "white person," 1967, black slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from late 19c. hunky "East-Central European immigrant," a colloquial shortening of Hungarian. Honky in the sense of "factory hand" is attested from 1946.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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