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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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Jim Crowe, chairman of the South-East Wales Social Care Partnership which represents care workers and care homes, said: 'We welcome this review of care skills which we see as very important over the next 10 years.
A sprightly Stuart Huntriss who played centre for Park in 1946 in the first post war season was the oldest vintage player on parade and he was joined by many from the 50s and 60s including former Cheshire players Colin Elphick, Jim Crowe, Stuart Hope and Richard Haslehurst.
Level 3 chief executive Jim Crowe made it clear he would use most of the money for acquisitions.
 
 
 
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