winter of discontent
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winter
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈwɪn.tər/us/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/
the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather ...
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discontent
noun[U]
uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈtent/
a feeling of wanting better treatment or an ...
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(Definition ofwinteranddiscontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When it finally decided to introduce a growthinhibiting incomes policy to restrain inflation, it foundered in the 1978-9 'winterofdiscontent'.
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We have heard once or twice today about thewinterofdiscontent.
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That was compounded by the action of the trade unions during thewinterofdiscontent.
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We had also just completed thewinterofdiscontent.
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They had been reduced from the 750,000 that we inherited after thewinterofdiscontentto 620,000.
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The figures show that there are now 2.5 million unemployed people—1.5 million more than during thewinterofdiscontent.
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That is what we had thewinterofdiscontentabout.
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All of us have personal memories of thewinterofdiscontent.
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In fact, we had thewinterofdiscontent.
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Passions ran riot in those days, just as they did during thewinterofdiscontent.
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If anything, one could argue that it was lack of trade union power, lack of trade union discipline, that led to thewinterofdiscontent.
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They did not think that after thewinterofdiscontent.
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There was anotherwinterofdiscontent, and now we come to the present time.
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The deficit on our invisible trade grew, unemployment grew and the whole mess grew worse until it collapsed in thewinterofdiscontent.
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As we all know, that was part of the reason for the "winterofdiscontent".
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This country has turned its back decisively on industrial anarchy, which reached its culmination in thewinterofdiscontentin 1978 and early 1979.
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We had just lived through thewinterofdiscontent.
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We all remember thewinterofdiscontentand the problems of restrictive practices.
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I do not want awinterofdiscontent.
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In the winter of 1978–79, which has gone into folk memory as thewinterofdiscontent, the fabric of society was disintegrating fast.
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