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nounmailed fist (plural mailed fists)
plural mailed fists
- 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 106Synonyms: iron fist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of iron fist (“the symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch”).
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