burn the coal, pay the toll

phrase

Used to admonish white women who have sexual relationships with black men.

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Meanings

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  1. InternetoffensiveUsed to admonish white women who have sexual relationships with black men.

    Burn the coal, pay the toll

    2019, kemps-1percent-milk, Reddit
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    Lol...burn the coal ...pay the toll.

    2016 December 29, THE NI99ERS, “Black Former Student Is Charged in Killings of Wigger Ex-Teacher and Their Son”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet)

    Alt-Right troll king likes repeating the phrase "Burn the coal, pay the toll." What does this catchphrase even mean?

    2017, freePatrick91425115, Reddit

    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.

    2018, Nancy Moist, Burn the Coal, Pay the Toll

    Burn the coal, pay the toll!!

    2020 October 31, Ted, “Sheeiiiit”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)

    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.

    2020 November 7, eohoe, “Blast from the Past”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet)

Origin

From burn coal, of a nonblack woman, to seek sexual relationships with black men, and pay the toll, to incur the consequences.

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APA

burn the coal, pay the toll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20the%20coal%2C%20pay%20the%20toll

MLA

“burn the coal, pay the toll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20the%20coal%2C%20pay%20the%20toll. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burn the coal, pay the toll,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20the%20coal%2C%20pay%20the%20toll.

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