Re: Pee On Me and Tell Me It's Rain
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Originally Posted by OldTimey
I think you need to go dictionary shopping. That's not a current definition.
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Yes it is.
www.dictionary.com
–noun
1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use.
2. a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian.
–adjective
3. of a light-brown color.
Origin:
1585–95; < Sp mulato young mule, equiv. to mul(o) mule 1 + -ato of unclear orig.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Also, see: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mulatto
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