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Injun

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Injun [ˈɪndʒən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) US an informal or dialect word for (American) Indian
honest Injun (interjection) Slang genuinely; really
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Noun1.Injun - (slang) offensive term for Native AmericansInjun - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
red man, Redskin
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
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I got an old tin lamp and an iron ring, and went out in the woods and rubbed and rubbed till I sweat like an Injun, calculating to build a palace and sell it; but it warn't no use, none of the genies come.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
Well, the Injun boy had the raven tied up, and was all the time plaguing it and starving it, and she pitied the po' thing, and tried to buy it from the boy, and the tears was in her eyes.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
Don't give up the ship, big Injun with a scalplock.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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