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mugwump
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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mugwump (U.S.) great man, boss; one who holds aloof from party politics. XIX. of Algonquian orig.
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Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age
Magazine article from: The Freeman; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...however, the Mugwumps were much more than...late 1800s. The Mugwump name came from the...presidents. The Mugwumps greatly admired...were hallmarks of Mugwump thinking. As Tucker...the high point of Mugwump influence. In the late 1800s, the Mugwumps were challenged...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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You just can't keep a good Mugwump down County approves permits for area's biggest house party.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Staff Writer Party on, Mugwumps. DuPage County has...liquor license for "Mugwump 2003," the two-day...black, sleeveless "Mugwump 2002" t-shirt, Gordon...bash. "God bless the Mugwumps," committee chairwoman...it, there will be a Mugwump."
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Mugwump Contract
Newspaper article from: La Prensa de San Antonio; 3/24/1995; ; 454 words
; ...de San Antonio 03-24-1995 Mugwump Contract. During an earlier era...on the Poor) would be called mugwumps. A mugwump is a political animal with his...pork. Without hesitation, the mugwumps created deep cuts in housing for...
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Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age.(Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; Tucker, David M. Mugwumps: Public Moralist of the Gilded Age...outset that he doesn't think the Mugwumps have received fair treatment from previous...decided it was time to reexamine the Mugwumps. In doing so, he has consciously...
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Newtownabbey business Mugwumps gift and coffee shop has moved location from Longwood Road to stunning new premises in Sleepy Hollow, Kiln Road.
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 11/6/2009; 482 words
; Newtownabbey business Mugwumps gift and coffee shop has moved location...complements its kitsch boutique style. Mugwumps at Sleepy Hollow opened on November...It is a wonderful setting for Mugwumps and we know that families will love...
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The Mugwumps: An Historic Recording
Magazine article from: Goldmine; 10/26/2007; ; 440 words
; The Mugwumps The Mugwumps: An Historic Recording Collectors Choice (CCM-795) Grade: ** Had the members of the Mugwumps gone no further, the group would have likely faded from memory without...
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Syrian mugwumps in Chesapeake Bay
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/26/2007; ; 673 words
; ...2007 Headline: Syrian mugwumps in Chesapeake Bay Byline...But another Indian word, mugwump, does have relevance, a great deal of relevance. Mugwump, according to the World...verbal illustration: a mugwump is someone who straddles...
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The mmm in mugwump
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 7/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...underneath was printed The Mugwump - which confirmed our friend...presumably asks is: 'What is a mugwump?' Our guess was a character...table soon corrected that. A mugwump is a person that changes character...her full tum. We felt like mugwumps having changed from wet and...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Bill Bradley's the One for Millennial Mugwumps.(Politics&Opinions)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 11/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...classical liberalism that distinguished Mugwump ethics." The citation is from Mugwumps: Public Moralists of the Gilded Age, by...Trumps of a hundred years ago disparaged the Mugwumps. "Mugwumps were really conservative, it was said...
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A "Dude and Pharisee": Cartoon Attacks on Harper's Weekly Editor George William Curtis and the Mugwumps in the Presidential Campaign of 1884
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the reform movement, or Mugwumps, as they were derisively...Weekly and a leader of the Mugwump movement to bolt the party...the masculinity of the Mugwumps, playing upon cultural...loyal Republicans, a Mugwump such as Curtis was a...
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Mugwumps
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...to moral superiority. Most Mugwumps were college‐educated...underscore the importance of the Mugwump vote, and Cleveland courted...England in the early 1890s. But Mugwump‐Democratic cooperation...American Democrats and the Mugwumps distrusted each other from...
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Mugwump
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MUGWUMP MUGWUMP. A Natick Indian word signifying "great...Charles A. Dana labeled as "little mugwumps" those liberal Republicans who bolted...defeat, and party leaders considered the mugwumps hypocritical turncoats and fence-sitters...
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mugwumps
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mugwumps , slang term in U.S. political history for the Republicans who in 1884 deserted their party nominee, James G. Blaine , to vote for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland . Bibliography: See L. W. Peterson, The Day of the Mugwump (1961).
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mugwump
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
mugwump (U.S.) great man, boss; one who holds aloof from party politics. XIX. of Algonquian orig.
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American Politics: Reforming the Spoils System
Book article from: American Eras
...fray of party politics. Stalwarts versus Mugwumps. Republican “Stalwarts...Breeds” and later the “Mugwumps” in their party. Stalwarts accused Mugwumps of wanting government jobs to go to college...
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