Sekirov Dictionary

Jim Crow

/ˌdʒɪm ˈkɹoʊ/

noun 3
adjective 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

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A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
- When rails have to be bent with a Jim Crow, as in setting stock or check-rails, or straightening a bent rail, they should always be heated first, or they are liable to crack, especially steel rails. — 1886
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(historical) A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of an invasion in 1940.
- … flying cannon equipped Spitfires V’s mainly on ‘Jim Crow’ operations (operational Patrols along the home coastline intercepting any hostile aircraft and looking out for any invasion forces). — 2008
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A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
- Two other machines exhibited by Whitworth… One was furnished with a reversing tool to plane both ways, and called, from its peculiar motion, a Jim Crow machine. — 1852

adjective2

Discriminatory against African Americans.
Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians.

verb1

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To work toward legislation that incorporates a discriminatory caste system or racial segregation.
- The American Bowling Congress’ 50-odd years of jimcrowing went by the boards during their convention in May which carried a motion to delete the "white males only" clause from their constitution. — 1950

forms

Jim Crowed · Jim Crowing · Jim Crows

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