an Indian giver

A person who asks the return of or takes back a gift after they have given it. One of many expressions often considered offensive for making reference to Native American stereotypes or tropes. I'm sorry to be an Indian giver like this, but I'm afraid I need the $50 back that I gave you last week.

Indian giver

One who takes or demands back one's gift to another, as in Jimmy wanted to take back Dan's birthday present, but Mom said that would make him an Indian giver . This term, now considered offensive, originally alluded to the Native American practice of expecting a gift in return for one that is given. [Colloquial; early 1800s]

Indian giver

Someone who gives a gift and then wants it returned. Native Americans' economy was based on the barter system; therefore, an item that colonists and settlers took to be an outright gift was expected to be reciprocated. When it was not, the giver wanted the item returned. The offensive phrase, which first appeared in mid-18th-century New England, is now rarely used . . . and properly so.

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释义	an Indian giver an Indian giver A person who asks the return of or takes back a gift after they have given it. One of many expressions often considered offensive for making reference to Native American stereotypes or tropes. I'm sorry to be an Indian giver like this, but I'm afraid I need the $50 back that I gave you last week. See also: giver, Indian Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Indian giver One who takes or demands back one's gift to another, as in Jimmy wanted to take back Dan's birthday present, but Mom said that would make him an Indian giver . This term, now considered offensive, originally alluded to the Native American practice of expecting a gift in return for one that is given. [Colloquial; early 1800s] See also: giver, Indian The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Indian giver Someone who gives a gift and then wants it returned. Native Americans' economy was based on the barter system; therefore, an item that colonists and settlers took to be an outright gift was expected to be reciprocated. When it was not, the giver wanted the item returned. The offensive phrase, which first appeared in mid-18th-century New England, is now rarely used . . . and properly so. See also: giver, Indian Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: be on the warpath be/go on the warpath on the warpath, to be/go warpath get a gift scared silly/stiff/to death, to be Run that by one more time dead one my face when my reaction when References in periodicals archive It would be unfair for the government to be an Indian giver to the intended beneficiaries of the expanded tax exemption cap: Getting back with the left hand money earlier given with the right hand. Tax break on 13th month pay An Indian giver is an old expression--tinged with racism--and used to describe a person who gives a gift and later wants it back, or wants something equivalent in return. Crazy racism at work in Seneca deal
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