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Definition of Honkeys
1. honkey [n] - See also: honkey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honkeys
Literary usage of Honkeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"A Honk and honkeys. AT the risk of being accused of giving circulation to pernicious
intelligence, Mr. Punch ventures to extract the subjoined betting ..."
2. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1921)
"If we got right up on our honkeys and howled, all of us, for a real education,
we 'd get it by next Saturday night. But we don't care a damn" — an ..."
3. A New England Group and Others: Shelburne Essays, Eleventh Series by Paul Elmer More (1921)
"If we got right up on our honkeys and howled, all of us, for a real education,
we'd get it by next Saturday night. But we don't care a damn” — an ..."
4. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1876)
"honkeys.—That mischievous animal, the monkey, has lent its aid to the devouring
element. Fires have occurred through its agency, in a similar manner to cats ..."
5. Stories of the Day's Work by Roy Davis, Frederick Gardner Getchell (1921)
"To 'coon it' is to get down on your honkeys an' straddle. But that wa'n't fast
enough for Mac. He laughed kind of easy. " 'Well,' he said, 'if I go down ..."
6. The Harbor by Ernest Poole (1915)
"If we got right up on our honkeys and howled, all of us, for a real education,
we'd get it by next Saturday night. But we don't care a damn. Why don't we ? ..."
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