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Aunt Jemima

–noun
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black woman considered by other blacks to be subservient to or to curry favor with whites.
Compare Uncle Tom.


Origin:
1885–90; after the trademarked name of a brand of pancake mixes and associated products, featuring a picture of a black female cook on the packaging
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Main Entry:  Aunt Jemima
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the world's first living trademark, Nancy Green, who demonstrated the ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour created in 1889.
Example:  In the image of "Aunt Jemima," the Nancy Green legend lives on.
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