plug riots
now historical
noun
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.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Cobden (1804–1865), manufacturer and politician.
- turn one's head
- turn one's nose up at
- turn on one's heel
- turn on the charm
- turn (or go) pink
- turn (or put) back the clock
- turn (or tighten) the screw (or screws)
- turn out
- turnout
- turn over
- turnover
- turn over a new leaf
- turnpike
- turnpike road
- turnround
- turn round and do (or say) something
- turn signal
- turnsole
- exodermis
- exodus
- exoenzyme
- ex officio
- exogamous
- exogamy
- exogenic