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单词 blue dog
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Blue Dogn.

Brit. /ˈbluː dɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌdɔɡ/, /ˈblu ˌdɑɡ/
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., dog n.1
Etymology: < blue adj. + dog n.1, after yellow dog n. 2.On the semantic motivation compare quot. 1875 at yellow dog n. Compounds 1a. Probably partly with allusion to the Blue Dog, a figure in a series of paintings by George Rodrigue, a Louisiana artist; the coalition apparently often met in the offices of two Louisiana congressmen, each of which was decorated with a painting by Rodrigue.
U.S. colloquial.
A conservative Democratic politician, spec. a member of a coalition of (chiefly) Southern Democrats who identify themselves as moderates. Frequently attributive, esp. in Blue Dog Democrat and Blue Dog Coalition.
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1995 Hill (Washington, D.C.) 22 Mar. 6/1 A new group of 23 conservative and moderate Democrats representing many areas of the country are wearing lapel pins proclaiming them as a ‘Blue dog conservative Democrat’.
1999 St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press (Nexis) 22 Aug. 21 a The Blue Dogs have offered a plan that would allow this to happen, while also giving tax-cutters some room for victory.
2002 A. R. Grant & E. Ashbee Amer. Govt. vii. 177 The Blue Dog Coalition brings together moderate and conservative Democrats in Congress. Its members..are drawn principally from the south.
2012 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 30 Sept. g5 I guess I consider myself a kind of Blue Dog Democrat.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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