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The '''Tar-Baby''' is a fictional character in the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881. | [[File:Brer_Rabbit_and_the_Tar_Baby.jpg|thumb|Brer Rabbit gets stuck in the Tar-Baby. This illustration comes from the 1895 version of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, illustrated by A.B. Frost.]]The '''Tar-Baby''' is a fictional character in the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881. | ||
The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and [[Turpentine (nonfiction)|turpentine]] used to entrap Br'er Rabbit. | |||
The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. | The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. | ||
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In modern usage, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional involvement in it. | In modern usage, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional involvement in it. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Tar-Baby]] | * [[Tar-Baby]] | ||
* [[Tar-Baby 9000]] | |||
* [[Turpentine]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Turpentine (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar-Baby Tar-Baby] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar-Baby Tar-Baby] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 24 January 2017
The Tar-Baby is a fictional character in the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881.
The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit.
The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes.
In modern usage, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional involvement in it.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Tar-Baby @ Wikipedia