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mailed fists

mailed fists is the plural of mailed fist.

Meaning of mailed fist

Noun

mailed fist (plural mailed fists)

  1. Synonym of iron fist (“the symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch”).
    • As the tragedy of Kosovo unfolds, other republics watch uneasily; the Slovenes and Croats say that Serbia's mailed fist in Kosovo may be parting the curtain on a scheme for the rest of the country.1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 106
    Synonyms:
    iron fist

Questions about mailed fists

What is mailed fists the plural of?
Mailed fists is the plural of mailed fist.

Words near mailed fists in the dictionary

  1. maildrops
  2. maile
  3. mailed
  4. mailed catfish
  5. mailed fist
  6. mailed fists
  7. mailed it in
  8. mailed-in
  9. mailee
  10. mailees
  11. mailer

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