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Examples
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The more that Br'er Rabbit fought the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he became.
Archive 2009-05-01 Renee 2009
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An Brer Rabbit jump up an down on dat Tar-Baby wiff both feet til he got stuck and couldn't move at all.
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The Tar-Baby don't even turn his head to look at dat young black Brer Rabbit.
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Tar-Baby was a doll made of tar and turpentine, used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories.
Archive 2009-05-01 Renee 2009
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The more that Br'er Rabbit fought the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he became.
Tory MP Pierre Poilievre Brings Tar Baby To Parliament Hill Renee 2009
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Den he stuck dat ole Tar-Baby in da road an he and Miz Fox lay waiting for dat black Brer Rabbit to come along.
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Dat Tar-Baby don't say nuthin, and da Foxes jess lay low.
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But now you can't shuck and jive off dat Tar-Baby.
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Tar-Baby was a doll made of tar and turpentine, used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories.
Tory MP Pierre Poilievre Brings Tar Baby To Parliament Hill Renee 2009
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But Tar-Baby, she stayed still, and Brer Fox, he lay low.
Think Progress » Memorandum To Tony Snow On The Use Of The Term ‘Tar Baby’ 2006
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