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   Jim Crow

   /ˌdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. the former practice of segregating black people in the US: "eventually Jim Crow was abolished on interstate carriers"
   • ▪ a black person. offensive
   • 2. an implement for straightening iron bars or bending rails by screw pressure.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: the name of a black character in a 19th-century plantation song.

   Derivatives

   • 1. Jim Crowism noun

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