honky
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ki, ˈhɔŋ- noun, plural hon·kies. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a white person.
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| —n , pl honkies | |
| derogatory, slang chiefly (US) a White man or White men collectively | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
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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.
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Slang Dictionary
honky definitionand honkey; honkie; hunky |
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Thieves and murderers were forced by boredom to haunt the honky-tonks.
It was kind of saying things were not quite honky-dory over there.
The first annoying aspect was the interminable wait to board in a honky-tonk souvenir shop setting.
And a wooden piano-a honky-tonk piano-with an eight-track stereo that actually plays.
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