"tar baby" in HDAS

[Neal Whitman]

I went to the library today to find these exx., but volumes I and II didn't
go up to the "T"s. And if I recall correctly from other discussions here,
volume III is unpublished. Could you share these unpublished examples?

Also, I wonder how much Toni Morrison's 1981 book by this name has affected
the perception of "tar baby".

Neal

> On 8/4/2011 9:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>> HDAS has several exx. of "tar baby" in the contemptuous sense, however.
>>> All
>>> after "Song
>>> of the South."
>>>
>>> JL

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