maginot line

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Ma=gi=not line

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun maginot line has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

maginot lineprop. n. 
     A line of fortifications built before World War II to protect France's eastern border.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

maginot line, n.
1 a line of fortifications along the NE border of France begun in 1929, overrun in 1940.
2 a line of defence on which one relies blindly.

Etymology
A. Maginot, Fr. minister of war d. 1932

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