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Thatcher's children

Thatcher's children noun: people who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.

Noun

Thatcher's children pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.
    • She has not begun to stem the tide of British ugliness—the yobbish teenagers shivering in their torn gear; the shoddy streets littered with fast-food packaging; the drunks urinating on London's tube platforms; the drug culture. It is facile to call those concerned “Thatcher's children”: she is not...1986, The Economist, volume 311
    • London's financial district, like New York's, had its “big bang,” after which, as though from dragon's teeth, Yuppies sprang up, armed with Porsches and mobile telephones. They included, inevitably, some unattractive specimens, and much of their wealth has proved evanescent. To call them...1990, Anthony Lejeune, “Class”, in National Review, volume 42, number 21, pages 81–84
  2. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Thatcher, children.
    • Margaret Thatcher is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Denis Thatcher is her husband, and Mark Thatcher and Carol Thatcher are Thatcher's children.

Examples of Thatcher's children in a sentence

  • It is facile to call those concerned “Thatcher's children”: she is not responsible for their actions.1986, The Economist, volume 311:
  • To call them “Thatcher's children” is both unfair and unhistorical.1990, Anthony Lejeune, “Class”, in National Review, volume 42, number 21, pages 81–84:
  • Increasingly younger workers aged between sixteen and twenty-four – known as Thatcher's children – saw little point in being trade union members.2007, Anthony Seldon, Blair's Britain, 1997–2007, Cambridge University Press, page 228:

Questions about Thatcher's children

What does Thatcher's children mean?
Thatcher's children means people who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.
How do you use Thatcher's children in a sentence?
It is facile to call those concerned “Thatcher's children”: she is not responsible for their actions.
What part of speech is Thatcher's children?
Thatcher's children is a noun.

Words near Thatcher's children in the dictionary

  1. Thatcham
  2. thatched
  3. thatcher
  4. Thatcher effect
  5. Thatcher illusion
  6. Thatcher's children
  7. thatcher's rake
  8. thatcher's rakes
  9. Thatcheresque
  10. Thatcherian
  11. Thatcherisation

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