单词 | ginger group |
释义 | > as lemmasginger group 2. Chiefly British and Australian. Of a group, organization, etc.: that provides spirit or stimulus in a party or movement; that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. Chiefly in ginger group. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > of a person or group driving1835 ginger1916 1916 Scotsman 16 Feb. 8/5 The new independent groups which had sprung up recently were known as ‘ginger’ groups. 1923 G. D. H. Cole Workshop Organization 37 A ‘ginger’ organization within the Trade Union movement. 1944 H. Croome You've gone Astray ii. 18 This little ginger group campaigning for better houses. 1970 Parl. Deb. House of Representatives (Austral. Parl.) No. 13. 735/1 He is assailed in sections of the Press as a rebel, as a ginger grouper, as somebody moving against stable government. 1994 Church Times 11 Nov. 4/2 A leader of the Evangelical ginger group Reform. 2010 W. J. Philpott in P. Smith Govt. & Armed Forces in Brit., 1856–1990 v. 146 Hankey suggested a small Cabinet ‘ginger’ committee to work with the CID to direct and co-ordinate rearmament. < as lemmas |
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