单词 | softshell democrat |
释义 | > as lemmassoftshell Democrat softshell Democrat n. U.S. Politics (now historical) a member of the less conservative of the two factions into which the Democratic Party in New York state was divided in 1852 and subsequent years; cf. sense B. 2b. ΚΠ 1854 Boston Post 27 Jan. The distinction between a hard shell and a soft shell democrat. 1909 W. A. Goulder Reminiscences xii. 101 The Democratic party in Missouri was at that time divided into two factions; the ‘hard’ and the ‘soft-shell Democrats’. 2008 P. C. Cohen et al. Flash Press 261 Walsh was identified as a ‘soft-shell’ Democrat and noted for his radical, democratic, and pro-Southern sympathies. < as lemmas |
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