单词 | pass burner |
释义 | > as lemmaspass burner pass burner n. now historical (in South Africa and Rhodesia (subsequently Zimbabwe)) a person who burns his or her pass as a protest against the pass laws (cf. pass law n.). ΚΠ 1953 P. H. Abrahams Return to Goli vi. i. 190 Strikers and pass-burners were jailed and shot down in large numbers. 1972 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 5 173 His life in Pretoria as a delivery boy, pass burner, labor organizer, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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