Adjective : They were all honorable men. From Dictionary.com.
To certain people in Baltimore, the word hon, which is short for honey, isn't just a nice thing to call someone. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Whiting has trademarked the word hon, but she says she doesn't own the word. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
"These folks have felt that their use of the word hon was part of who they are," says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Maybe it's because I live in the South - it's okay if a waitress calls me "hon" - she does it to everyone!. From Wordnik.com. [How Do We Speak to Them? (The Boomer Blog)] Reference
Romy smiled at him, as if she enjoyed being called hon, even on duty. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn Maze]
Well hon, that is a tough road to travel and not much of it is paved. From Wordnik.com. [Final Post about Amtrak Annie] Reference
Mr. Layard expressed the greatest surprise at the conduct of certain hon. members on the opposite side of the. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Parliament] Reference
I also hate being called "hon" (as in "Where wouldja like to sit, hon?"). From Wordnik.com. [haloaskew Diary Entry] Reference
I might be a diner-style waitress and walk around calling everyone "'hon" all night. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
I spent my twenties at this place, where the waitresses called me "hon" and knew my name. From Wordnik.com. [How to Visit New York: What You Can Skip - Anil Dash] Reference
He looked up, and she was what you'd expect from a waitress who calls strangers "hon" at 8: 30 in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes] Reference
You will have to be in a little restaurant with curtains on the window and waitresses who call you "hon" in order to drink it, though. From Wordnik.com. [Big Easy Easy Thus Far] Reference
The waitress called her "hon," the trucker who borrowed the ketchup called her "ma'am," and nobody told her to go sit with the civilians. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
There are no real articles in Japanese: hon means. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3] Reference
Is there anything worse than being called "hon" by a bloke?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
I live a life of being called hon and I love getting a ma’am now and then. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Gas Prices] Reference
The "near universal surprise to the news" that Whiting had registered "hon" as a trademark. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft, Abbott, Serious Bidness: Intellectual Property - Bloomberg] Reference
In 1808 Prud'hon's picture of Justice and Divine Vengeance pursuing. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
She said we miss you, hon, we love you, come on home. From Wordnik.com. [Rosanne Cash Runs Down Her Father's 'List'] Reference
And see the rogues flour-ish and hon - est folk droop. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
And the hon. and gallant member would only say the truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
“They are good for ya, hon,” said the woman in the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Gazing Skyward... Or, in the dim twilight of youth] Reference
On the following morning the captain joined her, with the hon. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
Mr. King -- Can the right hon. gentleman be a little more explicit?. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
MINISTER the views so eloquently and pointedly set forth by the hon. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
And she came bopping down the stairs and said, hon, give me some money. From Wordnik.com. [Mercy: Behind Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman'] Reference
Rome to settle accounts with their bankers there, like hon-o-rable men. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Lord Hillingdon has kindly consented to accept the post of hon. treasurer. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
What is this new creed of yours? we can fancy the hon. and gallant member for. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
I say, Kelly, hon, it's been a long day, and I really have to run, Sure, she says. From Wordnik.com. [cockroaches] Reference
“Sorry, hon,” she says as she runs the card through the little grey box again. From Wordnik.com. [One Last Thing Before You Go] Reference
Also, waitresses in Baltimore, where I grew up, often address patrons with the word hon. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Coming Out At Work And Being Called Ma'am] Reference
He had simply carried out the policy of the Government, a policy which, though some hon. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
She taught me early on how to moisturize, saying “all you've got is your looks, hon.”. From Wordnik.com. [Where is San Diego?] Reference
"Personal rights" have good radical sponsors in the hon. members for Stockport and Leicester. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
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