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JIM CROW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jim crow" is a kind of...):
crowbar; pry; pry bar; wrecking bar (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
Synonyms:
color bar; color line; colour bar; colour line; Jim Crow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Jim Crow" is a kind of...):
ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)
