Slogan
['sləʊg(ə)n] or ['slogən]
Definition
(n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.
Checker: Ronnie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Scotland.] War-cry or gathering-word (of a Highland clan).
Typist: Marietta
Definition
n. a war-cry among the ancient Highlanders of Scotland.
Checked by Cecily
Examples
- Joaqu韓 repeated the slogan in his dried-up boy's voice without checking his digging for a moment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Labor leaders took up the slogan, and led the men and women workers in what were known as the Sewing-machine Riots. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But their representatives had very little more than a frock coat and a slogan as equipment for the task. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For words, theories, symbols, slogans, abstractions of all kinds are nothing but the porous vessels into which life flows, is contained for a time, and then passes through. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It rises to the surface in slogans like human rights above property rights, the man above the dollar. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was one of the slogans of the Communist party and it meant, Hold out and fortify, and you will win. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was very fond of this boy and he was in no mood for slogans. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Nelly