"sundown town" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sundown towns [plural]
Etymology: After signs posted at town entrances warning that “colored people” (among other terms) were required to leave town by sundown. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sundown town (plural sundown towns)
  1. A place or jurisdiction that prohibits or discourages a certain class of people, typically a certain race or ethnicity, from living there or remaining there after sundown, or, in some cases, from visiting during the day. Categories (topical): Racism Synonyms: sunset town, gray town, sundowner town Related terms: Jim Crow, redlining, segregation Translations (place that prohibits certain people from living there): 日落城鎮 (Chinese Mandarin), 日落城镇 (rìluò chéngzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), thị trấn mặt trời lặn (Vietnamese)

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          "ref": "1946 August 8, J. D. Stosz, “Jay Dee's Column”, in The Marysville Advocate, Marysville, Kansas, via Newspapers.com, page 11",
          "text": "Beattie is a sundown town for tramps since the fire.",
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          "ref": "1957 November 11, Joseph Ator, “Firm Hand of the Law Stifles Nashville's Strife by Racial Segregation”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, via Newspapers.com, section 1, page 2",
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          "ref": "1960, The National Conference and the reports of the State Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, page 330",
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          "ref": "1968 August 25, Doug Walker, “Integration Moving on Peaceful Feet”, in Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, via Newspapers.com, page 4-C",
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          "ref": "2016 July 11, Miller Jozwiak, “From 'Go Home' to 'Welcome Home' for local man”, in The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, via Newspapers.com, pages 1A–2A",
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          "ref": "1946 August 8, J. D. Stosz, “Jay Dee's Column”, in The Marysville Advocate, Marysville, Kansas, via Newspapers.com, page 11",
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          "ref": "1957 November 11, Joseph Ator, “Firm Hand of the Law Stifles Nashville's Strife by Racial Segregation”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, via Newspapers.com, section 1, page 2",
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      "sense": "place that prohibits certain people from living there",
      "word": "日落城鎮"
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      "code": "cmn",
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