Definitions from Wiktionary (Tarbaby)
▸ noun: Alternative form of tar baby (“difficult, "sticky" situation”) [(chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.]
▸ noun: Alternative form of tar baby (“(ethnic slur) black person”) [(chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.]
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▸ noun: Alternative form of tar baby (“difficult, "sticky" situation”) [(chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.]
▸ noun: Alternative form of tar baby (“(ethnic slur) black person”) [(chiefly US) A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a "sticky" situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.]
Similar:
tar pit,
tar paper,
toughy,
baby T,
tire-fire,
double trouble,
toughest nut to crack,
tsorris,
tougher nut to crack,
tag-rag and bobtail,
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