hon

One almost expects him to start addressing voters as "hon" or announce that his favorite beer is Natty Boh.
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"Sure I'm glad to see you, hon," she said, trying to look past him at the speaker.
At the Post|Horace Leonard Gold
His resentment was night-blurred; he was solicitous in inquiring, "What's the trouble, hon?"
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis
Hon′eyed, Hon′ied, covered with honey: sweet: flattering; Hon′eyless, destitute of honey.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

Yet, the hon, hon was against him as a pleader, and he did not rise to distinction at the bar.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 681, January 13, 1877.|Various
"Hon'lable p'lice patrol come 'long plenty soon," murmured Sin Sin Wa.
Dope|Sax Rohmer

British Dictionary definitions for hon (1 of 2)

hon.

abbreviation for

honorary

honourable

British Dictionary definitions for hon (2 of 2)

Hon.

abbreviation for

Honourable (title)

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Word Origin and History for hon

hon

1721 as short for honorable; 1906 as short for honey in the affectionate sense.