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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