Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sambo . - noun See
sambo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
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Examples
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As for Carrera, he is sometimes called a mulatto and sometimes a zambo, that is, half-Negro, half-Indian.
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As for Carrera, he is sometimes called a mulatto and sometimes a zambo, that is, half-Negro, half-Indian.
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As for Carrera, he is sometimes called a mulatto and sometimes a zambo, that is, half-Negro, half-Indian.
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A few species described - capuli cherry and zambo squash, for example - are not Andean natives but are included because the Andean types have much to offer the rest of the world.
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The soldiers according to custom levelled their muskets and fired; but how great was the surprise, when the cloud of smoke dispersed, and it was discovered that the zambo had vanished.
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The zambo robbers are notorious for committing the most heartless cruelties.
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Another celebrated bandit was the zambo, Jose Rayo.
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This measure had the desired result, and Leon was strangled, whilst asleep, by a zambo, who was his godfather.
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The _restaurateur_, usually a zambo or a mulatto, prides himself in the superiority of his _picantes_ and his _clicha_.
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I found him exceedingly complaisant and courteous in his manners; but his true zambo nature was not wholly concealed beneath the smooth surface.
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