jack-boot
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3ADJ.
old, under
VERB + JACK-BOOT
remain
PREP.
in, upon
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noun
Alternative form of jackboot.
Oh, damn your strops, I always strop my razor upon an old jack-boot.
This is the sort of re/gime promised to those who are so weak as to remain under the jack-boot, not to speak of labour camps in France and perhaps in Germany and Poland;
verb
Alternative form of jackboot.
The squatters' Australia was a rough society of rugged wealth-seekers jack-booting their determined way over an unprivileged great majority.
Never was love more brutally jack-booted by power than in Belsen, Dachau, and Buchenwald.
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6Oh, damn your strops, I always strop my razor upon an old jack-boot.
WiktionaryThis is the sort of re/gime promised to those who are so weak as to remain under the jack-boot, not to speak of labour camps in France and perhaps in Germany and Poland;
WiktionaryHe carried a Bible in his jack-boot: but did that prevent him, as Oliver rode past him with an approving smile on Naseby field, thinking himself a very handsome fellow, with his moustache and imperial
WiktionaryThe squatters' Australia was a rough society of rugged wealth-seekers jack-booting their determined way over an unprivileged great majority.
WiktionaryNever was love more brutally jack-booted by power than in Belsen, Dachau, and Buchenwald.
WiktionaryBy jack-booting his way through the House with a guillotine motion and by denying its democratic rights, he is jack-booting his way through the security and peace of mind of 3 million private tenants,
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