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Noun: John Henry
  1. Hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: John Henry, an American Legend

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