wave the bloody shirt

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wave the bloody shirt (third-person singular simple present waves the bloody shirt, present participle waving the bloody shirt, simple past and past participle waved the bloody shirt)

  1. (US politics, slang) To mention the fallen and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.
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