Definitions for: Jim Crow

[n] a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
[n] barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

Webster (1913) Definition: Jim"-crow`, n. (Mach.)
1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.

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

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. [Slang, U. S.]

Synonyms: color bar, color line, colour bar, colour line

See Also: crowbar, ideological barrier, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar

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