colour line
/ˈkʌlə lʌɪn/(US color line)
noun
Originally and chiefly US. An enforced separation between white people and black people (or occasionally those of other racial groups) in a country, community, or establishment.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From colour + line.
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- unqualifiable
- unqualification
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