jingo
Example Sentences
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Despite winning the Nobel prize, Kipling's reputation has suffered over his association with British imperialism – he was described as a "jingo imperialist" by George Orwell, who also called him "the prophet of British Imperialism".
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2013
Photograph: EO Hoppe/Getty Images For George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling was "a jingo imperialist … morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting".
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2012
Your twitter name, @edballsmp, might be factually accurate but, by jingo, it's dull.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2011
It became popular in England in 1745, when its jingo second verse was apparently a direct reference to the efforts of the Stuarts to regain the British throne: O Lord, Our God, arise!
From Time Magazine Archive
Donovan was back with the suits, “They’ve gone jingo on us, Greg. That’s a military march.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
