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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Uncle Tom black slave in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom

 noun
     
Related topics: Race Relations
Uncle Tom [countable]
American EnglishSSR a black person who is too respectful to white people - used to show disapproval
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