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.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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As for Carrera, he is sometimes called a mulatto and sometimes a zambo, that is, half-Negro, half-Indian.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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As for Carrera, he is sometimes called a mulatto and sometimes a zambo, that is, half-Negro, half-Indian.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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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.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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The zambo robbers are notorious for committing the most heartless cruelties.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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Another celebrated bandit was the zambo, Jose Rayo.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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This measure had the desired result, and Leon was strangled, whilst asleep, by a zambo, who was his godfather.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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The _restaurateur_, usually a zambo or a mulatto, prides himself in the superiority of his _picantes_ and his _clicha_.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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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.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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