| 单词 | short-hairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-hairs short-hairs n. pl. U.S. slang a name given to a branch of the Democratic Party in the Western States who show discontent with the administration; also attributive in singular. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > member or adherent of > of branch of loco-foco1835 loco1838 O.K.1840 hard1843 softshell1845 barn-burner1848 hardshell1852 soft1853 softshell1853 Bourbon1859 short-hairs1867 New Dem1962 Blue Dog1995 1867 Ball Players' Chron. 4 July 2/1 Being assisted by their brutish followers of the short-hair grade, they generally manage to make large hauls of plunder. 1875 Nation 1 Apr. 218 A very real division of the Democratic party in this city into two sets of politicians known familiarly as ‘Short Hairs’ and ‘Swallow Tails’—the former comprising the rank and file of voters, and the latter ‘the property owners and substantial men’. 1884 Chicago Herald in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (1888) II. App. 642 Dudes and roughs, civil service reformers and office-holding bosses, short-hairs and college presidents. 1886 Chicago Tribune in Barrère & Leland Slang (1890) (at cited word) They did not resign, as had been hoped by the short-hairs. 1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 36 Mayor Hopkins was elected by the silkstockings on the one hand and the shorthairs on the other. < as lemmas |
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