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jim-crow
CIDE DICTIONARY
jim-crow, a.
For negroes only; set aside for used of negroes as a policy of racial discrimination. [PJC]
jim-crow, n.
- A machine for bending or straightening rails. [1913 Webster]
- A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways. [1913 Webster]
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