Canadian English Meaning of jim crow

Jim Crow laws

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Definitions and Meaning of jim crow in English

Wordnet

jim crow (n)

barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails

Webster

jim crow (n.)

A machine for bending or straightening rails.

A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.

Webster

jim crow ()

A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow, produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel.

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Jim Crow laws

barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites, a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nailsA machine for bending or straighte

Apartheid,discrimination,segregation,narrowness,prejudice,Racism,Separatism,bigotry,intolerance,narrow-mindedness

Anti-discrimination,anti-racism,anti-segregation,assimilationism

jim corbett => Jim Corbett, jim bowie => Jim Bowie, jilting => jilting, jilted => jilted, jilt => jilt,