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handkerchief head
noun
a black person US, 1924- An “Uncle Tom” or a “handkerchief head” is a Negro who bootlicks white people. — Commission on Interracial Cooperation The Southern Frontier, 1945
- In the secret crypts of his thoughts he often damned himself for not being a “handkerchief-head,” illiterate and content to let the white boss run his life. — Harlan Ellison, Gentleman Junkie, p. 250, 1961: The Night of Delicate Terror
- [B]y the time it was all over, Martin Luther King was a stupid music-hall Handkerchief Head on the New Left. — Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, p. 226, 1968
- “He made you a handkerchief-head.” — Sol Yurrick, The Bag, p. 65, 1968
- “Swamp Guinea”, shot back Ray Barrett. “Hen’kerchief Head”, said Ricky Leopoldi — Richard Price, The Wanderers, p. 160, 1974
- Although the AJ-C had its share of handkerchief-heads, many of the blacks were cool and down to earth. — Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler, p. 293, 1994
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