Ethiopian in the woodpile
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ethiopian in the woodpile (plural Ethiopians in the woodpile)
- (euphemistic) Synonym of nigger in the woodpile
- 1958, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 85th Congress Second Session, page 2410:
- I am trying to find the Ethiopian in the woodpile. I would hate to have my good friend, the Senator from Oklahoma, discover a joker in the bill after he used his great talents to get the bill through