honest injun

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honest injun

An expression used to emphasize the veracity of one's statement. Based on a colloquial spelling of "Indian" (i.e., Native American). One of many expressions often considered offensive for making reference to Native American stereotypes or tropes. Primarily heard in US. I swear it wasn't me who broke the lamp, honest injun!
See also: honest, injun
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

honest Injun

honestly; really. dated
See also: honest, Injun
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • forgeddaboudit
  • forgeddaboutit
  • fuggedaboudit
  • fuggedaboutit
  • nome
  • Nome sane?
  • Nome sayin'?
  • beat one's brains (out), to
  • open one’s kimono
  • gripes one’s butt
References in classic literature
"Ben, I'd like to, honest injun; but Aunt Polly -- well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn't let him; Sid wanted to do it, and she wouldn't let Sid.
Tom Sawyer
Honest Injun. And if you don't laugh I'll suspect you of being in a temper with me.
Adventure
Green Peppers- (featuring Justin Currie) Honest injun
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Honest Injun is a bright and breezy little song that features Justin Currie of Del Amitri on vocals and American Tan follows this type of melody.
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Vienna's Boy completed the Hannon HQ brace under Dane O'Neill, beating Honest Injun by a length and a half in the claimer, but the winner was claimed by Willie Musson for pounds 20,000.
Newmarket: Meehan relives a special day as Chief Scout and Fallon connect
Robert Winston deputised for Fanning and brought Go Padero home two lengths in front of Honest Injun, the success enabling Johnston to join Channon on the 138 mark for the year.
Racing: Fanning fails breath test
Del Amitri's Justin Currie sings on the Green Peppers song Honest Injun, and the band feature ex-Soup Dragons guitarist, Jim McCulloch, who enjoyed a Top 10 hit with his band's cover of The Rolling Stones song I'm Free.
And Justin Currie, best known for Del Amitri, delivers a stunning vocal on the song Honest Injun. It's great music."
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Justin has also collaborated with the bizarre Uncle Devil Show, and on Glasgow outfit Green Peppers' superb single Honest Injun'.
They just keep on rocking
His second album is far rockier than his first and he has employed a cast of Scotland's best, including Isobel Campbell, Daniel Wylie and ex-Del Amitri singer Justin Currie who guests on Honest Injun, a sort of blissed-out Beatles thanks to Currie's country-tinged vocals.
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new year following the success of Honest Injun in the seven-furlong maiden.
Trainers Milton Bradley and Barry Hills, better known for their turf exploits, got off the mark for the year with Lord Chamberlain and Honest Injun respectively
Wolverhampton: Old-timer Lord Chamberlain comes to Bradley's aid
Guests at the bash at Glasgow's Classic Grand couldn't believe it when Justin took to the stage with The Green Peppers to sing new foot-tapper Honest Injun.
the Razz: Honest .. it is Justin
It makes the Millionaire Major and his coughing cohort seem like honest injuns.
These stars are so well known the show's producers misspelled two of their names in the publicity blurb; The Great Reality TV Fraud