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deficit hawks

deficit hawks is the plural of deficit hawk.

Meaning of deficit hawk

Noun

deficit hawk (plural deficit hawks)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
    • He is renowned for his ingenuity, enthusiasm and persistence ... and has established himself as one of the legislature's most ferocious deficit hawks.1995 January 6, Clay Chandler, “Deficit hawk takes the catbird seat”, in The Washington Post

Questions about deficit hawks

What is deficit hawks the plural of?
Deficit hawks is the plural of deficit hawk.

Words near deficit hawks in the dictionary

  1. deficit
  2. deficit budget
  3. deficit good
  4. deficit goods
  5. deficit hawk
  6. deficit hawks
  7. deficit spending
  8. deficitary
  9. deficits
  10. defictionalization
  11. defictionalizations

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