Honky Definition
honkeys, honkies
noun
honkies
Used as a disparaging term for a white person.
American Heritage
(North America, pejorative, ethnic slur) A Caucasian person.
Wiktionary
Origin of Honky
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Term of racial abuse attested 1967, most likely from hunky, an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian.
From Wiktionary
Possibly blend of Wolof honq red, pink, of light complexion and hunky
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Sense of “factory hand" attested from 1946. Compare hunky, bohunk.
From Wiktionary
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