hammer and sickle

Definitions

1. A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
2. Socialism or communism itself.
   metonymically

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Examples

“He remembers the [train⟳] journeys fondly—the vast expanses of the Soviet empire rolling by, the glasses of tea served in metal cup holders embossed with the hammer⟳ and sickle.”

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