| 单词 | dirty protest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdirty protest dirty protest n. a form of protest by prisoners (esp. those demanding political as opposed to criminal status in Northern Ireland), in which they refuse to wash and deliberately foul their cells; cf. on the blanket at blanket n. and adj. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > fouling of prisoners' cells with excrement dirty protest1979 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest counterprotest1595 student demonstration1856 lie-in1867 rent strike1881 hunger strike1889 march1908 protest march1914 occupation1920 lie-down1936 sit-down1936 sit-in1936 freedom march1947 vigil1956 freedom walk1957 swim-in1960 freedom ride1961 sitting in1961 sleep-out1961 fish-in1964 live-in1964 stall-in1964 sleep-in1965 Long March1967 love-in1967 talk-in1967 write-in1967 die-in1970 dirty protest1979 blanket protest1982 1979 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 1/1 There were fears..that the next step by the Albany protesters could be Ulster-style ‘dirty protests’ in which cells are deliberately fouled with excreta. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Dec. (Midwestern ed.) 6/3 They had earlier been part of the ‘dirty protest’, which since 1978 has found some prisoners deliberately fouling their cells with human waste. 1986 Guardian Weekly 22 June 5/5 McDonnel, a big boned Belfast man who had joined the blanket and dirty protest in the H Blocks of the Maze, took time off to marry his girlfriend. < as lemmas |
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