Associations to the word «Honky»

Wiktionary

HONKY, noun. (North America) (pejorative) (racial slur) A Caucasian person.
HONKY, noun. (US) (obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.
HONKY TONK, noun. Alternative spelling of honky-tonk
HONKY TONK-LIKE, adjective. Similar to a honky-tonk or reminiscent of honky-tonk country music.
HONKY TONKS, noun. Plural of honky tonk

Dictionary definition

HONKY, noun. (slang) offensive names for a White man.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats