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Meanings of jackboot in English

Portuguese
galocha

(19Th century) a man's high tasseled boot.

galocha
Usage of jackboot in English
1
Boots suggest the jackboot of political domination and famine stalking the land.
The Irish Times
2
I recalled that the unlucky Polish jackboot had served the French auxiliaries.
Ghosts
3
Who put their jackboot on the control panel?' the fair-haired man grinned.
Metro 2033
4
He felt as if someone had put a jackboot into his ribs.
Demon bound
5
A jackboot stamped on his fingers, twisted, ground them into the stone.
Fatherland
6
A half-empty bottle of brandy was sticking up out of a jackboot.
Depths
7
Globus placed a gleaming jackboot on the arm and kicked, sending it spinning.
Fatherland
8
It was part of a jackboot, with a rusty stud still attached to it.
Depths
9
Which was a paradox, because you couldn't keep the jackboot stamping down for ever.
The Naked God
10
He became a jackboot for all types of men who have fought, a good servant.
Ghosts
11
Jack brought his other heel down, the steel of his jackboot snapping off the encrusted bones.
Street magic
12
This is further underlined by a veil-enveloped chorus, while the threat of the jackboot hovers menacingly throughout.
The Irish Times
13
We're under the jackboot of American capitalism!
The draining lake
14
For, at his wincing and shrinking, his friend had taken a penknife and ripped up the jackboot.
Australia Felix
15
Up here, a jackboot could stifle it.
Gods go begging
16
Let's call a jackboot a jackboot, okay?
The hellfire club
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Translations for jackboot
Portuguese
galocha
Jackboot through the time