Dave Spart
Dave Spart noun: a far left radical.
Noun
Dave Spart (plural Dave Sparts)
- A far left radical.
- Now every Dave Spart up the commune knows that basically, to his mind, the only, like, real theatre, man, is made by the people, you know, in the street, man, in the street.1981, Reyner Banham, Design by Choice, London: Academy Editions
- But of course there is no shortage of people with ingenious ideas about how public money should be spent, and Ken is quite right when he warns us about a whole new generation of Dave Sparts currently working up from the grass roots1984, The Spectator
- Synonyms:
- Spart
Examples of Dave Spart in a sentence
- We don't get many Dave Sparts these days chopping hands, invoking the working class and using the word "total" twice in every sentence.1992, New Statesman Society:
- Like McGuinness, Wark's Left is populated by a cast of grotesques; of Dave Sparts who sleep with copies of Trotsky's Literature and Revolution tucked under their pillows.2000, Overland:
Synonyms of Dave Spart
Forms of Dave Spart
| plural | Dave Sparts |
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Origin of Dave Spart
Coined by Private Eye, playing on the word Spartacist (“a member of the International Communist League”).
Words formed from Dave Spart
Questions about Dave Spart
- What does Dave Spart mean?
- Dave Spart means a far left radical.
- How do you use Dave Spart in a sentence?
- We don't get many Dave Sparts these days chopping hands, invoking the working class and using the word "total" twice in every sentence.
- What part of speech is Dave Spart?
- Dave Spart is a noun.
- What is the plural of Dave Spart?
- The plural of Dave Spart is Dave Sparts.
Words near Dave Spart in the dictionary
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