单词 | to vote plump |
释义 | > as lemmasto vote plump ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > vote in specific way to vote plump1742 plump1806 to split one's (or the) ticket or ballot1842 to vote the straight ticket1856 repeat1876 1742 Hist. & Proc. House of Lords IV. 224 Every Peer of Scotland that did not vote plump for that [Court or Ministerial] List, would be under-hand threatened. 1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 398 New Jersey has dethroned [Gov. William] Franklin, and in a letter, which is just come to my hand from indisputable authority, I am told that the delegates from that colony ‘will vote plump!’ [sc. for the Declaration of Independence]. a1779 D. Garrick Poet. Wks. (1785) II. 523 While independent Plummer cry'd, He'd not vote plump on either side. 1847 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 21 Dec. Mr. Petrie of N.Y...voted plump Loco-Foco. < as lemmas |
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