Brownskin

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person with brown-colored skin.

    "Nell Dodson Russell, writing in the Spokesman, cast doubt on whether private employers would even follow the new ordinance: " […] This business of spouting brotherhood all over the banquet circuit provides a good smokescreen but the real proof of the pudding is the number of brownskins on the payroll.""

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"Nell Dodson Russell, writing in the Spokesman, cast doubt on whether private employers would even follow the new ordinance: " […] This business of spouting brotherhood all over the banquet circuit provides a good smokescreen but the real proof of the pudding is the number of brownskins on the payroll.""

Etymology

From brown + skin.

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