K.K.K.
Americanabbreviation
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of K.K.K.
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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At times while drawing what would become some of the most iconic images of the Donald Trump presidency — magazine covers of a faceless orange figure screaming into the void, decapitating Lady Liberty or draped in a K.K.K. hood — Rodriguez wondered whether he was being unfair.
From New York Times
“There was something called slavery, the K.K.K., Jim Crow — that was codified,” Mr. Elder said in an interview.
From New York Times
He said he had also shared his thoughts on “the last three centuries of challenges from white supremacists, white nationalists, K.K.K., Nazis.”
From New York Times
Other materials that conservatives in Llano determined were sexually explicit materials meant to arouse libidinous desires include "They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group" by history writer Susan Campbell Bartoletti and Tillie Walden's Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir about ice skating, "Spinning."
From Salon
She criticized Mr. Trump for his immigration policies and, particularly forcefully, for choosing “not to disavow the K.K.K.”
From New York Times
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