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  • adjective of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill

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Examples

  • You obviously didn't read Genesis ... churchillian

    Charlie Rangel (D, NY-15) is a Gnostic Cainite! | RedState 2010

  • They received a fairly bitter churchillian response.

    Come Fly with me Newmania 2007

  • They couch their “arguments” in the same wannabe-churchillian crap about “staying the course” and “seeing it through to victory”.

    Firedoglake » It’s Heating Up in the House… 2006

  • No amount of churchillian crap, or 'roll out the barrel' and 'there'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover' piano playing war time kidology is going to make me feel cheery.

    The Guardian World News Nicholas Watt 2011

  • With the greatest respect to the man, when you see him being interviewed on the box, can you imagine being in the dressing room before a match and hearing him make a churchillian speach and firing them all up, well I cant.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2009

  • "just as we americans have no place to hide, no terroirist should have one square inch of ground where they are safe from attack. the trumpets need to sound no quarter, they have chosen the sword, and civilized nations should oblige them willingly." beautiful. (sounds almost churchillian.) 13 posted on 10 / 05 / 2008 7: 31: 04 AM PDT

    Latest Articles 2008

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