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Definition of Jim crow
1. Noun. Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites.
2. Noun. A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails.
Definition of Jim crow
1. Proper noun. (obsolete) A generic name for the Negro. ¹
2. Proper noun. (historical) Southern United States racism racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively. ¹
3. Noun. (military) A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940. ¹
4. Adjective. Discriminatory against African Americans. ¹
5. Adjective. Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jim Crow
Literary usage of Jim crow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Race Distinctions in American Law by Gilbert Thomas Stephenson (1910)
"SEPARATION OF RACES IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES ORIGIN OF " jim crow " The phrase ...
DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION PRIOR TO 1875 The first " jim crow " laws are ..."
2. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"jim crow. I CAM from ole Kentucky, A long time ago, Where I first larn to wheel
about, And jump jim crow. Chorus. Wheel about and turn about, ..."
3. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"jim crow. I CAM from ole Kentucky, A long time ago, Where I first larn to wheel
about, And jump jim crow. Chorus. Wheel about and turn about, ..."
4. The Voice of the Negro 1919 by Robert Thomas Kerlin (1920)
"abjectness of spirit he accepts jim crow cars, jim crow schools, jim crow hospitals,
jim crow YMCA's, jim crow quarters in the cities, jim crow everything. ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"By that time provisions began to fail and eight men, including jim crow, were
sent off down the river with ail the animals for new supplies. ..."
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