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Definition of Jackbooted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackbooted
| jackarse jackarses jackboot jackbooted (current term) jackboots jackdaw jackdaws jacked jacked off jacked up | jackeen jackeens jacker jackeroo jackeroos jackers jacket jacket crown |
Literary usage of Jackbooted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"«7), and Sir Laurence Olivier described the move to open Shakespeare's tomb as "
a clod- hopping, jackbooted outrage " (Aug. 14). ..."
2. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"After cringing beneath the Diktat of jackbooted conquerors between and, Western
Europeans responded to the gentler hegemony of the United States and ..."
3. Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement: Hearing Before edited by Bill McCollum (1998)
"They have been called jackbooted thugs. They have been compared to Gestapo agents.
Second, the National Rifle Association and the extreme right wing have ..."
4. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"... have put their children to bed and now themselves slumber totally removed from
the fear of forcible nighttime entry by jackbooted special police. ..."
5. Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks by Walter Edward Williams (1995)
"... Representative John Dingell described the Treasury Department's Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) as "jackbooted fascists. ..."
6. Behind the Scenes with the Kaiser (1888-1892): The True Story of the Kaiser by Henry William Fischer (1922)
"... jackbooted, like Frederick Augustus ? " cried William. " Don't know any details,
but I understand they're out for good." And laughing broadly, Plessen ..."
7. Gatherings from Spain by Richard Ford (1846)
"... whose lightness contrasts with the heavy iron and leather protections of the
legs, which give the clumsy look of a French jackbooted postilion. ..."
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