Billy Jack
n.— «The employee, who filed a human-rights complaint of his own, said one of the speakers used the racially derogatory terms “spook” and “Billy Jack” to describe Peters, a refugee protection officer.» —“Black refugee board employee who complained of racism facing discipline” by Colin Perkel Maclean’s (Can.) June 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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