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Mr. Tambo

American  
[tam-boh] / ˈtæm boʊ /

noun

  1. the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the tambourine.


Example Sentences

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Mr Tambo has said only that it might "end up in the garden near Mandela".

From BBC

The night Mr. Mandela died, I spoke with Tony Bloom, one of the white South African entrepreneurs who angered the apartheid authorities in 1985 by meeting with Mr. Tambo and other A.N.C. leaders in Zambia.

From New York Times

For many years, until his return to South Africa in 1990, Mr. Tambo and his wife, Adelaide, lived in a three-story home in this suburb of north London, leading the A.N.C.’s struggle from exile as Mr. Mandela languished in prison.

From New York Times

But, as the flowers left for Mr. Tambo showed, some had other memories to complement those that filled the newsreels and retrospectives.

From New York Times

The night Mr. Mandela died, I spoke with Tony Bloom, one of the white South African entrepreneurs who angered the apartheid authorities by meeting in 1985 with Mr. Tambo and other A.N.C. leaders in Zambia.

From New York Times