honky

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- Grand Ole Opry star Charlie Walker, who became a popular disc jockey in Texas as he built a career as a honky-tonk singer, has died.

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  1. noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person.

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  • I done laid some cross words on the wrong honky, and the Big Man done hung me out to dry. —  AHMM,July-August2008
  • Doc commented that the car smelled like a honky-tonk. —  150 - The Wee Ones
  • It wouldn't be as much fun as a visit to Billy Bob's, the world's largest honky-tonk in nearby Fort Worth, but it would probably be a good way to kill a rainy afternoon. —  East Brunswick Sentinel
  • "It was a crash course, really fast, me in a van with two boys 10 years older than me, driving to honky-tonks and dive bars all over the South," he said. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- A singer took center stage at a Nashville honky-tonk to promote his new album. —  CNN.com
 

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  1. Possibly blend of Wolof honq, red, pink, of light complexion, and hunky1.
 

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