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Definition of hammer and sickle

: an emblem consisting of a crossed hammer and sickle used especially as a symbol of Soviet Communism

Examples of hammer and sickle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Transnistria is the only place in the world whose national symbol is still the Soviet hammer and sickle. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, "Transnistria looks like a Soviet state frozen in time," 20 Sep. 2019 The Communist Party of India had planted its hammer and sickle flag at the tea estate entrance. — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, "These tea plantation workers in India face poverty—and dangers," 30 Aug. 2019 And a shield across the eagle’s chest features five instances of the hammer and sickle, a communist symbol associated with the Russian Revolution. — Sarah Mervosh, BostonGlobe.com, "How Trump ended up onstage with a fake presidential seal," 25 July 2019 The artist was famously anti-capitalist, spent her 20s as a member of the Communist Party, and sported a hammer and sickle on her body cast after a near-fatal childhood injury. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "Ulta plucked Frida Kahlo’s eyebrow for the artist’s themed makeup kit," 10 July 2019 When the lights went out, Shining Path sometimes lit torches in the shape of a giant hammer and sickle in the mountains above Lima. — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, "A Jagged Scrap of History," 24 June 2019 Opposition parties distributed placards lampooning Lam with the communist hammer and sickle over her eye. — Washington Post, The Denver Post, "Hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong protest law to allow extraditions to China," 9 June 2019 Opposition parties distributed placards lampooning Lam with the communist hammer and sickle over her eye. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong protest law to allow extraditions to China," 9 June 2019 Photo: Alexei Druzhinin/Planet Pix/ZUMA PRESS Few foreigners display the devotion of Mr. Monson, a longtime adherent of socialism and anarchism whose many tattoos include a hammer and sickle. — James Marson, WSJ, "An American Heavyweight Infiltrates Russian Politics—and the Russians Are All for It," 30 Sep. 2018

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1921, in the meaning defined above

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“Hammer and sickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20and%20sickle. Accessed 27 Feb. 2020.

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