Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, colloquial, dated, humorous, offensive)Used to emphasize the truth of something.

Origin

From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

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