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jackboot

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jackboot /ˈdʒakbuːt /
noun a large leather military boot reaching to the knee.
used as a symbol of cruel or authoritarian behaviour or rule:
a country under the jackboot of colonialism.
– DERIVATIVES
jackbooted /ˈdʒakbuːtɪd / adjective
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