sambos

We have found lemma(root) word of sambos : sambo.

Definitions


[ˈsambəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sandwich
(e.g: a quick cup of tea and a sambo will set them up for their 40 mile journey back home)


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Origin:
1970s: abbreviation of a colloquial or regional pronunciation of sandwich


[ˈsambəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a derogatory term for a black person

- a person of mixed race, especially of black and Indian or black and European blood


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: Sambo perhaps from Fula sambo ‘uncle’; Sambo from American Spanish zambo, denoting a kind of yellow monkey




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