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fiery cross
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fiery cross
used as symbolic threat by Ku Klux Klan. [Am. Hist.: Jobes, 387]
See : Bigotry
fiery cross
traditional Highlands call to arms. [Scot. Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 324–325]
See : Warning
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Gay adoption is an entirely different issue which I won't get into here for fear of having fiery crosses planted on my lawn (again).
Ron Mackenna's column: Bland brothers have a marriage of convenience; ... by The Mirror (London, England)
He says groups meet every month, when members wear traditional hoods and robes, and fiery crosses are lit.
WIZARD OF OZ; We unmask the twisted man of hate by Findlay, Len / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
From Ayrshire to Moray, licencees have been lighting fiery crosses at the very mention of the English invader's name - J.
Invasion of the Superpubs; CONSUMER INVESTIGATION: AS THE BATTLE OF ... by Shields, Bob / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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