Brown Shirt
Britishnoun
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(in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
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a member of any fascist party or group
Example Sentences
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Clad in his chocolate brown shirt and black trousers, school badge pinned neatly, Ahnaf was chatting with a friend under a canopy on the playground of the sprawling 12-acre campus of Milestone School and College, in the busy Uttara neighbourhood.
From BBC
Berger, who is wearing a brown shirt, is one of them.
From Seattle Times
She stood and looked around for a minute, and I held my breath in the shadow behind the barn, and was glad I was wearing a brown shirt and muddy jeans.
From Literature
“It was a beautiful experience. I was very happy to see so many people get together,” said Salvador Gaitan, who was wearing a traditional brown shirt with woven patterns.
From Los Angeles Times
I can count on him for a friendly interaction every time I see him handling sometimes impossible-seeming piles of packages, wearing the company’s signature brown shirt and shorts even in winter.
From Seattle Times
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