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hammers and sickles

hammers and sickles is the plural of hammer and sickle.

Meaning of hammer and sickle

Noun

hammer and sickle (plural hammers and sickles)

  1. A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
    • He remembers the [train] journeys fondly—the vast expanses of the Soviet empire rolling by, the glasses of tea served in metal cup holders embossed with the hammer and sickle.2022 December 7, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
  2. (metonymically) Socialism or communism itself.

Questions about hammers and sickles

What is hammers and sickles the plural of?
Hammers and sickles is the plural of hammer and sickle.

Words near hammers and sickles in the dictionary

  1. hammermill
  2. hammermilled
  3. hammermilling
  4. hammermills
  5. hammers
  6. hammers and sickles
  7. hammers away
  8. hammers home
  9. hammers out
  10. hammers up
  11. Hammersbach

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