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Complete Definition of "honky"

English

Alternative spellings
honkey
honkie

Pronunciation
rhymes|��ki

Etymology
Term of racial abuse attested 1967, most likely from hunky an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian. Sense of "factory hand" attested from 1946.

Noun
en-noun|honki|es

  1. context|US|racial slur|pejorative A Caucasian person.
  2. context|US|obsolete A factory hand or general unskilled worker.

Synonyms
whitey

See also
cracker
hunky, hunkey

References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary

Category:African American Vernacular English
Category:Ethnic slurs

ru:honky
zh:honky

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