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jackboot

Noun

jack=boot

WORDNET DICTIONARY

jackboot(n = noun.artifact) hessian, hessian boot, wellington, wellington boot - (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot; Array

is a kind of boot

jackboot, n.

a man's high tasseled boot. [WordNet 1.5]
A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it is worn mostly by soldiers. [PJC]

jackboot, n.
1 a large boot reaching above the knee.
2 this as a symbol of fascism or military oppression.

Derivative

jackbooted adj.

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