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单词 tomahawk-critic
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tomahawk-critic
b. figurative. attributive, with the sense ‘like a tomahawk; harsh, vicious, cruel’, as tomahawk-critic, tomahawk tongue, etc.; cf. sense 3.
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1778 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 VIII. 86 The most violent, scalping, tomahawk measures.
1837 Spirit of Times 3 June 121/3 Forrest has encountered some tomahawk critics since his return to London.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. x. 250 Of whose observant faculties and tomahawk tongues Caroline stood in awe.
2010 A. Biney & A. Olukoshi Speaking Truth to Power p. xx Taju's tomahawk tongue pierced reality.
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