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Jim-Crow
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A machine for bending or straightening rails.
2. A planing machine with a reversing tool, to plane both ways.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A negro; -- said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by T. D. Rice, a famous negro minstrel. [Slang, U. S.]