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noun • hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill | ||||||||
| 32% | 15 | Protagonist of the Tall Tale about a steel-driving man | ||||||
noun • United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900) | ||||||||
| 30% | 10 | Fictional African-American narrator of African American folktales | ||||||
noun • the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880 | ||||||||
Steel Driving Man Of African American Lore Crossword Clue
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JOHNHENRY which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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JOHNHENRY
Updated: October 11, 2023
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