hammer and sickle

noun

the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.

any emblem similar to this, as the flag of Communist parties in some countries.

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hammer and sickle

—n
1.	the emblem on the flag of the former Soviet Union, representing the industrial workers and the peasants respectively
2.	a symbolic representation of the former Soviet Union or of Communism in general

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"The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and the tapster his bottle. All were off for the mines, some on horses, some on carts, and some on crutches, and one went in a litter."

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