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Injun|ˈɪndʒən|
Also Injin.
a. Colloq. and U.S. dial. form of Indian n. 2; also attrib. (Cf. Ingin.)
1812Col. J. Cocke in Salem Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/2 The people of Tenessee is antious to have orders commanded out for us to march against the injuns on the Wabash. 1850Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers I. i. 5 Four till one! Injuns!—murder!—help, hyeer! 1853Ibid. (ed. 2) I. iii. 24 Thur's a mighty grist o' venturin', I heern; beats Injun fightin' all holler. 1868M. I. Carrington Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka 83 Better not go fur. There is Injuns enough lying under wolf skins, or skulking on them cliffs. 1872[see heap n. 4 d]. 1889K. Munroe Golden Days 118 No more attention was paid to the shooting of an ‘Injun’ than if he were a coyote. 1911R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter vii. 104 But you're sure about it, too, ain't you? She ain't doin' no Injun-givin' in your case? 1937[see Indian devil s.v. Indian a. 4 b]. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. viii. 134 In the United States such a child, who succumbs to the temptation of wanting back, is termed an ‘Injun-giver’. 1973Nature 13 Apr. 485/2 The alternative to receipt of a reprint is a slog through hundreds of miles of Injun territory. 1973R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) iii. 30 She had..long hair..glossy blue-black in color. Injun hair, she called it.
b. In various allusive uses and phrases: honest Injun, honour bright: perh. orig. an assurance of good faith extracted from Indians; to play Injun: to act like an Indian; to avoid being seen or captured; of children playing, to pretend to be Indians.
[1676J. Talcott Let. 8 June in S. Judd Hist. Hadley (1905) xv. 169 We sent 27 women and children to Norwich under conduct of some of those we call honest Indians.] 1876‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer ii, Ben, I'd like to, honest Injun; but [etc.]. 1887F. Anstey Paleface & Redskin in Graphic 31 Dec. 728/3 ‘Are you sure..on your honour?’ he asked eagerly. ‘Honest Injun!’ said Lambert. 1887H. Frederic Seth's Brother's Wife II. 160 ‘Is what you've be'n tellin' me here honest? Don't lie to me.’ ‘Honest Injun,..every word.’ 1891H. C. Bunner Short Sixes 90 ‘Hope to die—Honest Injun—cross my breast!’ said the boy. 1896G. B. Shaw Let. 8 Sept. in Ellen Terry & Bernard Shaw (1931) 54 A thing she would never have done if she had not forgiven him quite thoroughly—honest Injun. 1902S. E. White Blazed Trail xix. 140 ‘Our compact holds now, honest Injin, doesn't it?’ asked the boy anxiously. 1904‘A. Dale’ Wanted: a Cook 98 But, Archie, this is all true. It is, honest Injun. 1918C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xiv. 140 So they're combin' th' country an' patrollin'. Hereafter an' henceforth I've got to play Injun for all I'm worth. 1922F. Hamilton P.J.: Secret Service Boy ii. 85 Bar rot, Mr. Ambrose. Real honest Injun? 1922Joyce Ulysses 295 ‘Are you codding?’ says I. ‘Honest injun,’ says Alf. 1950L. A. G. Strong Which I Never i. 12 ‘You've invented him.’ ‘Which I never, sir,..’ ‘Honest Injun?’ |