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Armalite and the ballot box

Armalite and the ballot box proper noun: an electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against the British Army and RUC.

Proper noun

Armalite and the ballot box

  1. (Ireland, historical) An electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against the British Army and RUC.

Questions about Armalite and the ballot box

What does Armalite and the ballot box mean?
Armalite and the ballot box means an electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against the British Army and RUC.
What part of speech is Armalite and the ballot box?
Armalite and the ballot box is a proper noun.

Words near Armalite and the ballot box in the dictionary

  1. Armagost
  2. Armagosts
  3. armalcolite
  4. armalcolites
  5. Armalite
  6. Armalite and the ballot box
  7. Armalites
  8. Armaly
  9. armament
  10. armamentaria
  11. armamentarial

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