Ingin
A U.S. colloq. spelling of Indian. (Cf. Injun.)
| 1683 Early Rec. Groton, Mass. (1880) 82 If any Ingins can proue a lagiall [= legal] titall. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp 15 They're mighty rough on strangers, and they worship an Ingin baby. 1870 J. C. Duval Adventures Big-Foot Wallace xlvi. 303 Whenever he can get to where there's liquor, either the liquor gives out, or he gets ‘Ingin drunk’. |