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prezzie (iou) and Jim Crow (iou)


prezzie (iou)



prezzie noun. colloq. Also pressie. M20.
[from PREZ noun2 + -IE.]
A present, a gift.

Jim Crow (iou)



Jim Crow noun, adjective, & verb. Chiefly US. M19.
[See below.]
A. noun.
a. The eponymous black character in the early 19th-cent. plantation song 'Jim Crow'; a performer of this song; the Dance involved in its performance. M19.
jump Jim Crow (a) perform the Dance involved in the performance of 'Jim Crow'; (b) fig. change one's political principles or party.
b. A black person. slang (derog. & racially offensive). M19.
c. Racial discrimination, esp. against black people in the US. M20.
R. Ottley Negro soldiers had suffered all forms of Jim Crow.
An implement for bending or straightening iron rails by the pressure of a screw. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Characteristic of or set apart for black people; racially segregated. M19.
Time Southern newspapers..relegated announcements of black births, deaths and marriages to special Jim Crow pages. K. Boyle It was the Jim Crow gallery. Colored people goes upstairs, Other people goes down.
C. verb trans. Segregate racially; discriminate against (black or Other non-white people). E20.
Jim Crowism noun (a) a system or the practice of racial discrimination or segregation; (b) the action of changing one's political party: M19.