Definition of Indian giver

1. Noun. An offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you.


Definition of Indian giver

1. Noun. (informal sometimes _ offensive) A person who demands the return of or take back takes back something which he or she has previously given. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Giver

Indian cholera
Indian club
Indian cobra
Indian coral tree
Indian corn
Indian cress
Indian crocus
Indian currant
Indian elephant
Indian elephants
Indian fig
Indian figs
Indian file
Indian flap
Indian ginger
Indian giver
Indian givers
Indian giving
Indian grackle
Indian gum
Indian hemp
Indian ink
Indian lettuce
Indian lotus
Indian madder
Indian mallow
Indian meal
Indian method
Indian millet
Indian monetary unit

Literary usage of Indian giver

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909 (1902)
"Furman, AA St. indian giver. Howells, W: D. 50 c. Inazo, Nitobe. Bushido, the soul of Japan. '99. ..."

2. Making the Best of Our Children by Mary Wood-Allen (1909)
"I would be an 'indian giver' if I took the pennies I had given to you; and would n't you be an 'indian giver' if you took back the pennies you had given to ..."

3. The United Service (1884)
""But would you not be something of an 'indian giver* if, after presenting me with it yesterday, you now ask and receive it back, to-day ? ..."

4. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low (1901)
"98 indian giver, An, Howells (Wm. Dean) 2s. Od....Oct. 00 Indinn Housekeeper and Cook, Steel (FA) and Gardner, ne 6s Jan. 99 Indian Law Cases, Woodman (Jas. ..."

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