Wiktionary
n. 1 (context slang English) A tank engine. 2 (context British English English) A member of the (w: Communist Party of Great Britain) who slavishly followed the Kremlin line, agreeing with the crushing of revolts in Hungary and later Czechoslovakia by Soviet tanks. 3 (label en derogatory) By extension, anyone engaging in Stalin apologetics.
Usage examples of "tankie".
Seriously, I doubt if Tankie knows where Wales is, and we should have felt his collar by the time you get back.
Assuming not even Tankie Trotter would expect him to crash through it, he brought the Riley to a halt.
Time for you to have great thoughts was back there at the gate when you were out of the car and Tankie were in it.
And Tankie kept on heading for home and walking right over any poor sod who got in his way.
Or was he relying on the revelation having some softening effect on Tankie, making him realize that any further development of his crazy vengeance plan would not only destroy himself and his sister, but her child too?