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tankie

American

[tangk-ee] / ˈtæŋk i /

noun

Slang. (generally derogatory) a communist, especially one who supports authoritarian communist states: originally, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who supported the use of military force by the Soviet Union to put down resistance to the Soviet regime.
Slang. a member of a tank regiment.

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tankies

plural

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