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jim crow West, Slang 
See 1962 quote.
- 1859 (1958) My present dress consists of a very bad jim crow, a red serge shirt with pockets, a blue serge pair of trousers, stockings and moccasins, a huge gauze bag over my head, and a short pipe puffing to try and keep the 'squitors off.
- 1962 "Bad medicine," "chaffy," "snide," "jim-crow," and "pizen," are applied to anything worthless on the Eastern slope of the Rockies. . . .
- 1859 (1958) My present dress consists of a very bad jim crow, a red serge shirt with pockets, a blue serge pair of trousers, stockings and moccasins, a huge gauze bag over my head, and a short pipe puffing to try and keep the 'squitors off.