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jim crow
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jim crow [′jim ′krō]
(design engineering)
A device with a heavy buttress screw thread used for bending rails by hand.
Jim Crow
Negro stereotype popularized by 19th-century minstrel shows. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 138]
See : Bigotry
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It is one of the major examples of re-fortification using artillery," says James Crow.
Ruins reveal a tale of ancient rivalries by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Front: James Crow, Dean O'Neil, Adam Breen, Phil Wooley.
WE WANT YOUR PICS by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Early attempts at bourbon would have been rough-edged, but with the arrival of Scottish chemist and physicist James Crow, it became more refined.
WINES & TIMES by Walker, Johnny / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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