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Definition of Balaclavas
1. balaclava [n] - See also: balaclava
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balaclavas
Literary usage of Balaclavas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"In mid-September a United Nations corps arrived to help stop violence. Shortly
thereafter at least 26 people were killed by 'men clad in balaclavas and ..."
2. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton, Hugh Robert Mill, Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1909)
"Our beards were frozen to our Burberry helmets and balaclavas, and we had to tear
away our hair by the roots in order to get them off. ..."
3. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Rumbi Mabuwa, Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Cheryl Goodenough (2001)
"... army members but who were allegedly wearing no identification tabs, and two
of whom were wearing balaclavas. They searched the home of the Zulu family ..."
4. South Africa Half-hearted Reform: The Official Response to the Rising Tide by Mary McGovern, Bronwen Manby (1993)
"... reported that gunmen used military-style tactics, often wearing balaclavas
and communicating with each other by means of prearranged hand signals. ..."
5. Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the by Antonio Azuela (1998)
"Residents' affidavits at the time pointed to the involvement of sinister forces,
including white men in balaclavas leading the attacks. ..."
6. Crimson Architectural Historians 1994-2002 by Stichting Rotterdam-Maaskant (2002)
"Then architects came and put up scaffolding to hold up the street scene, then
came puppeteers in black turtlenecks and balaclavas against a black background ..."
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