Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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Usage examples of "fetchit".
If he had to shuffle and smile and do his best Stepin Fetchit for the white man, he ought at least to be comfortable.
While Derek played Stepin Fetchit, we belatedly made introductions all around.
There were letters to me, comparing me unfavorably to both Richard Speck and the late Stepin Fetchit, but in all honesty it really didn’.
Fagin left, Ying's sweeping slowed till the broom was barely moving, no longer quite touching the floor, a Chinese Stepin Fetchit.
They make him step like Stepin Fetchit and feed him fettuccine with the Cuban kitchen crew.
His voice was abnormally high and silky, but very cultured, sort of as if Stepin Fetchit had gone to Harvard.
Of course, it would be easier if we could get us a hypnoscan and get rid of that Stepin Fetchit accent of yours-it would be real convenient if the two of you were interchangeable-but that's why they made sure you had it.
Danny Dew shouted, grinning, looking a little bit like Stepin Fetchit.
Jackson nodded and smiled and shuffled his feet, putting on a bit of that refined Stepin Fetchit routine which he used to such great effect at the White House.
Might as well segue into one of those grotesque Stepin Fetchit routines from old movies, do a double take and roll his eyes and shag his arms at his sides and howl, Feets don't fail me now.