Jim Crow

Jim Crow

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1. n. barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites Source: wordnet
2. n. a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails Source: wordnet
3. 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.] Source: webster
4. A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro song anddance, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jumpJim Crow," produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel.[Slang, U. S.] Source: adambom

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