indian giver

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   an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you

   Broaderdonor

   disparagement

Questions about indian giver

What does indian giver mean?

indian giver means "an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you".

Is indian giver a common word?

indian giver is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.