"burn the coal, pay the toll" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Etymology: From burn coal, of a nonblack female person, to seek sexual relationships with black men, and pay the toll, to incur the consequences. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=burn the coal, pay the toll}} burn the coal, pay the toll
  1. (Internet slang, offensive) Used to admonish white women who have sexual relationships with black men. Tags: Internet, offensive Categories (topical): Racism Related terms: the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
    Sense id: en-burn_the_coal,_pay_the_toll-en-phrase-uG~n5NlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2016 December 29, THE NI99ERS, “Black Former Student Is Charged in Killings of Wigger Ex-Teacher and Their Son”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):",
          "text": "Lol...burn the coal ...pay the toll.",
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          "ref": "2018, Nancy Moist, Burn the Coal, Pay the Toll:",
          "text": "Julie went to visit granny at the hospital. Granny was old and said crazy things. She kept warning Julie about burning the coal and then paying the toll. What could that mean? Julie was puzzled.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 October 31, Ted, “Sheeiiiit”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):",
          "text": "Burn the coal, pay the toll!!",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 November 7, eohoe, “Blast from the Past”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):",
          "text": "Please note: the LORD is going to punish those who advocate forms of race-mixing. You want to be Globalist miscreants? burn the coal, pay the toll BITCH! At any rate that was on 9/12/84.",
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          "ref": "2021 March 10, Ed Rhodes, “Why No Biden State of Union Address?”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet):",
          "text": "As stated before, \"burn the coal, pay the toll\" and to emphasize that point, if you'd been paying attention, you'd have known that Norton Juster, the author of \"The Phantom Tollbooth\" died yesterday, on Intl Womens^([sic]) Day. Hey, the Curse is On, whether you MORONS are aware of it or not. It's not me you're fighting, it's Cosmic Truth you're railing against and that's a fight you cannot win.",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 July 11, Incubus, “British women abroad”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):",
          "text": "On 2022-07-10, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells wrote: \"British women are travelling to The Gambia for relationships with black men\" https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/sex-on-the-beach-channel-4-documentary-gambia-holiday-british-women-tourism-seyi-rhodes-664083 Burn the coal, pay the toll. \"Once you go black, we don't want you back.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 September 28, Coal burners, “More Rightists Dead In DeSantis Violent Shithole Florida by Mysterious God Sent Hurricanes”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):",
          "text": "On 26 Sep 2023, MattWalsh posted some news:uf01bk$2ora2$1...@dont-email.me: > Burn the coal, pay the toll. She deserved it.",
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        "(Internet slang, offensive) Used to admonish white women who have sexual relationships with black men."
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          "ref": "2022 July 11, Incubus, “British women abroad”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):",
          "text": "On 2022-07-10, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells wrote: \"British women are travelling to The Gambia for relationships with black men\" https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/sex-on-the-beach-channel-4-documentary-gambia-holiday-british-women-tourism-seyi-rhodes-664083 Burn the coal, pay the toll. \"Once you go black, we don't want you back.\"",
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          "ref": "2023 September 28, Coal burners, “More Rightists Dead In DeSantis Violent Shithole Florida by Mysterious God Sent Hurricanes”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):",
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