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Jim crow   /dʒɪm kroʊ/   Listen
Jim crow

noun
1.
Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites.  Synonyms: color bar, color line, colour bar, colour line.
2.
A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails.






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"Jim crow" Quotes from Famous Books



... time that "Jim Crow" was the rage at one of the minor theatres, and as I felt interested to know how the personification would strike the boy, I sent him one night to the gallery with orders to return as soon as the piece was concluded. But the whole night passed without the appearance of ...
— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer



Words linked to "Jim crow" :   wrecking bar, pry, color bar, colour line, color line, pry bar, ideological barrier, crowbar



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