n. (Zool.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Wearing jackboots; -- used especially as a metaphor for harshly repressive and militaristic;
n. [ from the jackboots worn as part of the uniform of police in certain totalitarian countries. ] Harsh strongarm tactics; repressive, bullying and militaristic tactics like those used in authoritarian or totalitarian countries; -- used opprobriously, and often in hyperbolic exaggeration of police tactics in democratic countries. [ PJC ]
n.
n. Wearing jackboots; -- used especially as a metaphor for harshly repressive and militaristic;
n. [ from the jackboots worn as part of the uniform of police in certain totalitarian countries. ] Harsh strongarm tactics; repressive, bullying and militaristic tactics like those used in authoritarian or totalitarian countries; -- used opprobriously, and often in hyperbolic exaggeration of police tactics in democratic countries. [ PJC ]