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Definition of Honkey
1. Noun. (slang) offensive names for a White man.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: Caucasian, White, White Person
Definition of Honkey
1. Noun. (North America pejorative) (alternative spelling of honky) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honkey
1. a white man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honkey
Literary usage of Honkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Same as Barbary ape (which see, under '</«•?- Leonine monkey, masked monkey, etc.
See the adjectives.—honkey S allowance. See the quotation. [Humorous. ..."
2. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"... and (in the centre) the honkey B<nue. Behind is the Reptile House, which
contains large serpents and other reptiles. The arrangements for fish-breeding, ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver (1895)
"... pollen is received by this shovel and is at once deposited in the funnel-shaped
i .. Fig..—Deposition of the Pollen. •: i Flower of the honkey Flower ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Covenants for Title by William Henry Rawle (1887)
"honkey v. Vernon, 2 Cox, 12 ; 3 Powell on Mortgages, 1049, a, b. An equitable
mortgage springs from an agreement, express or implied, that there shall be a ..."
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