indian giver

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

When an Indian gives anything, he expects an equivalent in return, or that the same thing may be given back to him. This term is applied by children in New York and the vicinity to a child who, after having given away a thing, wishes to have it back again.

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