Blackshirt
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rule Britannia has had its place - but so have Bovril, balls, Blackshirts and a bombastic celebration of the Bard.
From BBC
Nebraska will wear black alternate jerseys with a skull and crossbones on the shoulder in a nod to the program’s “Blackshirt” defense tradition.
From Seattle Times
In the now-famous essay “Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt,” Italian critic and novelist Umberto Eco, who himself lived through Mussolini’s regime, identifies fourteen features that presage a totalitarian regime.
From Salon
“We have to hit them in the mouth and play Blackshirt football.”
From Washington Times
They would eat in the same spot where Blackshirts once sipped espressos.
From Washington Post
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