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Noun: jim crow
  1. A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
    "He used a jim crow to remove the old floorboards"
Noun: Jim Crow  'jim 'krow
  1. Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
    - color bar [US], colour bar [Brit, Cdn], color line [US], colour line [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: Jim Crows

Type of: crowbar, ideological barrier, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar

Encyclopedia: Jim crow

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