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noun
Sambo  n.  
1.
A negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; formerly used colloquially or with humorous intent, but now considered offensive or racist by African-Americans. (Derogatory and offensive) Note: A children's book named Little Black Sambo was at one time popular in elementary schools, but the book has been removed from reading lists in many American schools due to the development of a reduced acceptance of patronizing depictions of negros, as well as the negative associations of the word itself.
2.
In Central America, an Indian and negro half-breed, or mixed blood.





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"Sambo" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Golly, Sambo!" one of them shouted out to another of their number, who evidently was the local poet of the party. "You makee singsong ob de lilly ...
— Young Tom Bowling - The Boys of the British Navy • J.C. Hutcheson
... could awaken the minds of Southern brethren to the horrors of St. Bartholomew,—that they would hold their peace about the body of Cuffee dancing to the music of the cart-whip, provided only they could save the soul of Sambo alive by presenting him a pamphlet, which he could not read, on the depravity of the double shuffle,—that they would consent to be fellow members in the Tract Society with him who sold their fellow members in Christ on the auction block, if he agreed with them in condemning Transubstantiation (and ...
— The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V - Political Essays • James Russell Lowell
... was of portentous length, but it was not much more than a paraphrase with his own experiences added thereto. Mathematics were his pastime, to judge by the ease and rapidity with which he solved the problems sent to him by Francesco Sambo of Ravenna and others.[296] He worked hard no doubt, but as a rule mere labour inflicts no heavier penalty than healthy fatigue. The destroyer of vital power and spring is hard work, combined with that unsleeping ...
— Jerome Cardan - A Biographical Study • William George Waters
... nothing, Sambo," one of the Confederate soldiers said as he bought a melon. "Got a neighbor's ...
— With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War • G. A. Henty
... Laughing and talking—Jim and Jane. "Steadily, darling. There's lots of time, Didn't we slip the old man prime! I knew he'd tackle that Bowneck mob, I reckon he'll find it too big a job. They've beaten us all. I had a try, But the warrigal devils seem to fly. That Sambo's a real good bit of stuff No doubt, but not quite good enough. He'll have to gallop the livelong day, To cut and come, to race and stay. I hope he yards 'em, 'twill do him good; To see us going I don't think would." A turn in the road and, fair and square, They meet the old ...
— Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses • A. B. Paterson
... Sam. "That near-horse of mine, Sambo, picked up a stone on the beach this morning. I didn't discover what was making him lame until we were half-way round the bay. I wish I knew more about horses. I pick up all I can, but you never can tell when these fellows are giving it ...
— The Huntress • Hulbert Footner


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