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- noun Plural form of
ayatolla .
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Examples
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Have you got a cease & desist letter from the ayatollas?
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Cowards are always ayatollas while sitting in the comforts of their protected Television studios but put them on the line somewhere where it really counts and they be visibly shaken and cowering.
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: D American ayatollas ... submissive, homebody wife, etc. `
unknown title 2009
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1967 Israel went to war despite lukewarm attitude of Johnson administration, and in 1981 it bombed Iraqi nuclear reactor, knowing that the reaction in Washington will be severe (since Saddam was back then a good guy fighting against mad ayatollas).
Marc Lynch 2010
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