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CARRY NATION
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• CARRY NATION (noun)
The noun CARRY NATION has 1 sense:
1. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Familiarity information: CARRY NATION used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Carry Amelia Moore Nation; Carry Nation; Nation
Instance hypernyms:
dry; prohibitionist (a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages)
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