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  • noun Plural form of shako.

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Examples

  • "A blitz start, massed shakos, plumes dancing like a flustered henhouse; a period of svelte progress recorded in ebullient despatches as the enemy falls back; then the beginning of a long morale-sapping trudge with rations getting shorter and the first snowflakes on your face."

    FA makes rod for its back by insisting on English coach 2010

  • BTW, to help with the color scheme (seeing how this is a B&W photo), the jackets were orange, the pants were navy blue with orange trim, and the shakos were blue with white trim (with orange plumes for the horn line and color guard, blue for the drums, and white for the DM).

    Archive 2006-03-01 JDsg 2006

  • I am still basking in the after glow of a great wargame and thoughts of shakos and squares are filling my head.

    Butterflies Are Running Amok Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • There are also artillery crew figures, light infantry in shakos and bearskins that were part of the old range.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • I am still basking in the after glow of a great wargame and thoughts of shakos and squares are filling my head.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • I have picked out the shakos of the fifth of the line, and the standard-bearers of the sixth legion.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Combeferre followed, carrying the shoulder-belts and the shakos.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • BTW, to help with the color scheme (seeing how this is a B&W photo), the jackets were orange, the pants were navy blue with orange trim, and the shakos were blue with white trim (with orange plumes for the horn line and color guard, blue for the drums, and white for the DM).

    Mark Twain Cadets JDsg 2006

  • Some crawled flat on their faces as far as the crest of the curve of the bridge, taking care that their shakos did not project beyond it.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • There are also artillery crew figures, light infantry in shakos and bearskins that were part of the old range.

    Early Elite Miniatures - I Want These Figures Der Alte Fritz 2008

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