See tankie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba or other Marxist-Leninist governments."
],
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"China"
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{
"ref": "1981, Noel “Wig” [Frank] Gardiner, “A Team Talk with the Tankies”, in Freyberg's Circus: Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the North African Campaign of World War II, Auckland: Ray Richards Publisher, →ISBN, page 88:",
"text": "Obviously a thrust by the tankies over the ridge and through the minefield was just not on, there and then in broad daylight, a fact they appeared to recognise. At that stage the Germans were well positioned to give them a warm reception with their powerful 88s and other artillery.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006, David Fiddimore, Charlie's War, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 186:",
"text": "Breakfast was taken alongside a curious tank without a turret. When I asked about it a tankie sergeant said, 'It's a Kangaroo: that's a Sherman without a turret. The Canadians make them.[…]'",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Michael Asher, The Flaming Sword (Death or Glory; part 2), London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN:",
"text": "Caine focused on the RTR [Royal Tank Regiment] badge directly above Glenn's left eye. 'Never had you down as a tankie, sir,' he said. 'Always thought you were a greenjacket through and through.' Glenn snorted. 'I'm no more a tankie than you are,' he said, curling back dry lips to show the slablike teeth.",
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[
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"(military, slang) A soldier from a tank regiment."
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"politics",
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"ref": "1987, The Railway Magazine, volume 133, London: IPC Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 382:",
"text": "The \"tankies\", as they were known, shunted empty carriages from Copley Hill sidings onto the buffers at Leeds […]",
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"A tank engine."
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"ipa": "/taŋki/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba or other Marxist-Leninist governments.",
"word": "tankisto"
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"sense": "A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba or other Marxist-Leninist governments.",
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tankie"
}
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"Central Intelligence Agency",
"Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia"
],
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"en:Leftism",
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"word": "campist"
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"Central Intelligence Agency",
"Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia"
],
"word": "tankie"
}
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