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  1. Winter of Discontent: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Winter of Discontent (disambiguation), Winter of Discontent (film), Winter of Discontent, Winter of discontent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. winter of discontent: Wiktionary

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noun:  (UK politics, historical) A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Winter of Discontent [(UK politics, historical) A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.]

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