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jackboot tacticses

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jack⋅boot

[jak-boot]
–noun
1. a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn esp. by soldiers.
2. Also called jackboot tactics. brutally bullying, militaristic, or authoritarian measures.
3. a person who uses such measures.

Origin:
1680–90; jack 1 + boot 1
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