English Explanatory Dictionary

Bayou of Pigs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to power.

Word forms

Bayou of Pigs the Bayou of Pigs

Etymology

Blend of bayou + Bay of Pigs, a punning allusion to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion (1961).

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