| 单词 | on the blanket |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the blanket P3. British and Irish English (now historical). on the blanket: designating a prisoner participating in the ‘blanket protest’ in the Maze prison (near Belfast) and elsewhere in the late 1970s and early 1980s (see blanket protest n.). Also in to go on the blanket: to participate in the blanket protest. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [adverb] > supporters of Irish Republican cause on the blanket1977 1977 New Statesman 30 Sept. 439 (heading) The men on the blanket. 1979 An Phoblacht 29 Sept. 2/3 The latest organisation in Co. Meath to come out in support of the prisoners on the blanket in H-Block is the Meath County Board of the G.A.A. 1982 M. Wallace Brit. Govt. in Northern Ireland viii. 158 The first prisoner had gone ‘on the blanket’ in September 1976, refusing to wear prison clothing. 2004 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 93 343 Support for prisoners on ‘the blanket’ was declining during the early part of 1981, and to many their protest appeared futile. < as lemmas |
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