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butcher's apron

noun

Etymology

The apron worn in a traditional butcher's shop often has blue and white stripes and may acquire red bloodstains in the course of the work, thus bearing a passing resemblance to the red, white, and blue design of the Union Jack. Metaphorically, the pejorative allusion is to the bloodshed blamed on British imperialism.

Definitions

  1. The Union Jack, as a symbol of oppressive British nationalism.

    • Mr Eamonn McCann, of the Derry Labour Party, said he had no objection to people waving the Union Jack in the Diamond; he had no liking for it, as he considered it as being a butcher's apron in places like Aden and Kenya and elsewhere.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of butcher's apron.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA