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ˈband-wagon orig. U.S.
Also -waggon.
[band n.3]
A large wagon, capable of carrying the band in a procession. Freq. fig., as of one conveying a ‘band’ of usu. successful (political) leaders. Hence to climb, hop, jump, etc., on the band-wagon, to join in what seems likely to be a successful enterprise, to strive to join the winning side.
1855Barnum Life 205 At Vicksburg we sold all our land conveyances excepting four horses and the ‘band wagon’. 1893Congress. Rec. 25 Aug. 897/1 It is a lamentable fact that.. our commercial enemy..should come along with a band wagon loaded with hobgoblins. 1899T. Roosevelt Let. 28 Apr. (1951) II. 999 When I once became sure of one majority they tumbled over each other to get aboard the band wagon. 1905N.Y. Even. Post 21 Oct. 1 Jerome's band wagon began to move over the town to-day. It bears on its sides announcements of these mass meetings on Monday night. 1906Ibid. 5 Sept. 4 Many of those Democrats..who rushed into the Bryan band-wagon..will now be seen crawling out over the tailboard. 1927J. Needham Man a Machine iii. 67 Neo-Lamarckism, whose ‘band-wagon’ has been so kindly thrown open to all by an eminent English friend of Sig. Rignano's. 1933Amer. Speech VIII. i. 22/2 The socialists climbed on the alliteration band-wagon with Sail safely and surely with Socialism. 1940H. G. Wells New World Order §7. 104, I find most of these United States of Europe movements are now jumping on to the Federation band-waggon. 1941A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall iv. 86 A few who were forward Protestants..may be said to have jumped on the band-waggon. 1950Hansard Commons CDLXXII. 970 The Tory party are now trying to climb on to the band wagon. 1959Observer 1 Feb. 10/4 He is surrounded by yes-men who have jumped on the bandwagon.
attrib.1908Nation 16 Apr. 343/1 We shall now hear the ‘band-wagon’ argument for Taft more confidently than ever. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxxii/1, The whipping-up of public emotions has been made the excuse for the cult of band-waggon personalities.
Hence band-wagoner, band-wagoning.
1949Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 13/1 Not having had the wit to see that Labour never amounted to anything in terms of real power, he is paying the penalty now for his band-waggoning. 1958C. S. Lewis Reflections on Psalms vii. 70 Here is the perfect band-wagoner. Immediately on the decision ‘This is a revolting tyranny’, follows the question ‘How can I as quickly as possible cease to be one of the victims and become one of the tyrants?’ Ibid. 71 There are subtler, more social or intellectual forms of band-wagoning which might deceive us. 1958Times 1 Dec. 10/2 The bandwagoners—latter-day ‘Gaullists’..who have found it convenient for electoral and other purposes to fight under U.N.R. colours. |