color line

[ kuhl-er lahyn ]
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noun
  1. Also called col·or bar [kuhl-er bahr] /ˈkʌl ər ˌbɑr/ . social or political restriction or distinction based on differences of skin pigmentation, as between white and Black people.

Idioms about color line

  1. draw the color line, to observe a color line.

Origin of color line

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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