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sansculotte
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Definition:1. a Jacobian. in French it literally means "without breeches", a term applied to the plebes (none of whom wore the same silken pants as the aristos).2. by extension, any left-wing extremist and revolutionary"
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"Greasy or not greasy, they will govern you, when their time comes," said Augustine; "and they will be just such rulers as you make them. The French noblesse chose to have the people 'sans culottes,' and they had 'sans culotte' governors to their hearts' content. The people of Hayti—"
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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