cinnamon (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

> "Cinnamon" is used among black people to describe, purely
> subjectively, a skin-tone and is also commonly used as a nom-de-nudite
> by purveyors of entertainment in "gentlemen's clubs" and by
> "porn-stars."
>


Barbara Bain played "Cinnamon Carter" in the 1960s "Mission Impossible".
She was/is a blonde.
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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