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jackbooted
UK /ˈd͡ʒækbuːtɪd/ US /ˈd͡ʒækbutɪd/
adj 2
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2VERB + JACKBOOTED
approach
JACKBOOTED + NOUN
lugg, postillions, thug
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adj
1
Wearing jackboots.
a jackbooted thug
For, as the mighty cavalcades approach / Periwigg’d, Jackbooted, to announce the coach; / A thousand lamps spontaneously appear, / Through the long vista—visitors to cheer.— [...]
2
Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
[T]his discourse is highly reminiscent of anticommunist rhetoric [...] emphasizing the totalitarian, jackbooted character of the enemy.
By 1797, they had overturned elections, vitiated the modest religious liberty they had sanctioned, and finally installed the "jackbooted-justice" of military courts throughout the nation.
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a jackbooted thug
Wiktionary02
For, as the mighty cavalcades approach / Periwigg’d, Jackbooted, to announce the coach; / A thousand lamps spontaneously appear, / Through the long vista—visitors to cheer.— [...]
Wiktionary03
[T]he four stallions that drew us kicked, plunged, snorted, and screamed, in full concert with the eternal smack of the whips, as well as shrieks, whoops, and oaths of the jackbooted postillions, lugg
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