Meaning of tarbaby | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“...en de Tar-Baby, she keep⟳ on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw⟳ back wid his fis', he did, en blip he tuck 'er side er de head. Right dar's whar he broke his merlasses jug. His fis' stuck, en he can't pull⟳ loose. De tar hilt 'im. But Tar-Baby, she stay⟳ still... "'Ef you don't lemme loose, I'll knock⟳ you agin," sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en wid dat he fotch 'er a wipe wid de udder han', en dat stuck. Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nothin'... " 'Tu'n me loose, fo' I kick⟳ de natal stuffin' outen you,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nothin'. She des hilt on, en den Brer Rabbit lose⟳ de use⟳ er his feet in de same way. Brer Fox, he lay⟳ low. Den Brer Rabbit squall out dat ef de Tar-Baby don't tu'n 'im loose he butt 'er cranksided. En den he butted, en his head got stuck... "Who ax you fer ter come⟳ en strike⟳ up a 'quaintance wid dish yer Tar-Baby? En who stuck you up dar whar you iz? Nobody in de roun' worril. You des tuck en jam yo'se'f on dat Tar-Baby widout waitin' fer enny invite⟳," sez Brer Fox, "en dar you is, en dar you'll stay⟳..."”

“It is important to emphasize the basic difference between "tar baby" and the previous American approach⟳ to southern Africa. As defended by Morris and its other creators, the new approach⟳ was designed to assist peaceful change⟳ in the area. The danger was that if it failed to meet⟳ its purpose, the new policy would simply provide⟳ a thin excuse⟳ for normalization of relations with the white regimes.”

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