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单词 plug riots
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plug riots
plug riots n. now historical a series of riots in 1842, when cotton mills in Lancashire were stopped by the removal of bolts or plugs from the boilers so that steam could not be raised.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > specific demonstrations or protests
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1849 R. Cobden Speeches 90 In 1842, when the country was disturbed by the great plug riots, not a thread was disturbed from a spindle.
1888 F. Peel Risings of Luddites xxxix. 338 Trade in 1842, the year of the plug riots, was worse than ever.
1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. i. 21 In a sense, the Plug Riots marked the beginning of the decline in industrial and social unrest in Manchester.
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