Crossword-Solution: SAMBO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sambo | n. | A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SAMBO | anagram | AMBOS, BOMAS |
We have 14 clues for the answer “SAMBO”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Little" children's book character | 1 answer |
| Form of Soviet wrestling | 1 answer |
| Helen Bannerman's hero, 1900. | 1 answer |
| Helen Bannerman's hero. | 1 answer |
| Hero of a favorite children's story. | 1 answer |
| Hero of children's tale. | 1 answer |
| Martial art developed in the Soviet Union combining judo and wrestling | 1 answer |
| offensive word for a Black person | 2 answers |
| Little black ___ | 2 answers |
| NEGRO (derog.) | 3 answers |
| Juvenile hero. | 5 answers |
| BLACK person | 14 answers |
| DARK-skinned person | 15 answers |
| half breed | 19 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SAMBO (5)
However, Elkins postulates that a slave type must have existed as the result of the attempt to control mass behavior, and he believes that this type probably bore a marked resemblance to the literary stereotype of "Sambo." Studying concentration camps and their impact on personality provides a tool for new insights into the working of slavery, but, warns Elkins, the comparison can only be used for limited purposes.
The "Sambo" of American slave literature was portrayed as being docile but irresponsible, loyal but lazy, humble but chronically given to lying and stealing.
While assuming that many slaves did approximate the character of "Sambo," Elkins absolutely rejects any racial or cultural explanation.
Apparently, "Sambo" was not merely the result of slavery, but he was the result of the unique form of slavery which developed in North America.
The "Sambo" of literature mirrored reality, this life of dependency created infantile characteristics in many of the slaves and taught them to reject their past while adopting the values of their masters.
Quotes with SAMBO (2)
Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.
I am the face and ambassador of sambo. The organization I'm working is trying really hard to make sambo a sport on the Olympian level.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1951–2000).