Jim-Crow - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ|
Brit.
|dʒɪmˈkrəʊ|
noun
- (historical) Southern United States racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively.
- (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.
- (engineering) A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
- (rail transport) A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
- (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.
- (engineering) A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
- (rail transport) A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
adjective
- Discriminatory against African Americans.
- Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
- Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.
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