资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Jim Crow \Jim Crow\
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.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
Jim Crow
n 1: barrier preventing blacks from participating in various
activities with whites [syn: {color bar}, {colour bar},
{color line}, {colour line}]
2: a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails