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Mr. Tambo

American  
[tam-boh] / ˈtæm boʊ /

noun

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


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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 • Dec. 12, 2013

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 • Dec. 12, 2013

Toni-Leslie James’s carnivalesque costumes provide the only touches of color, and they are limited to the attires of Mr. Bones and Mr. Tambo.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2010

"Mr. Tambo, I disagree wid you; suppose dat de cat's tail should be accidemptally singed?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Tambo is not a candidate in this election.

From Time Magazine Archive

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