单词 | buckshot-rule |
释义 | > as lemmasbuckshot-rule buckshot-rule n. a political nickname for government (of Ireland) upheld by a constabulary with loaded rifles, which arose during the Chief-Secretaryship of Mr. W. E. Forster, and was especially associated with his name, though the order that the constabulary should load with buck-shot, instead of ball as formerly, was made under his predecessor Mr. J. Lowther.extracted from buck-shotn.< as lemmas |
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