Brewer's: Red Republicans

Those extreme republicans of France who scruple not to dye their hands in blood in order to accomplish their political object. They used to wear a red cap. (See Carmagnole.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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