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Sambo

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A pet name given to anyone of the negro race. The term is properly applied to the male offspring of a negro and mulatto, the female offspring being called Zamba. (Spanish, zambo, bowlegged; Latin, scambus.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Salutations
Salve
Salve
Sam
Sam Weller
Samael
Samanides
Samaria
Samaritan
Sambo
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Samian
Samian Letter (The)
Samian Sage (The)
Samiasa
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Samoor
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