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[ kong-kling ] / ˈkɒŋ klɪŋ /
nounRoscoe, 1829–88, U.S. lawyer and politician: senator 1867–81. Words nearby Conklingconjuring, conjuror, conk, conker, conkers, Conkling, conk out, conlang, conlanger, con maestà, con man Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ConklingThe particular reform that irked Conkling was the then-novel proposal to eliminate patronage in federal civil service hiring. Let's Talk About the 'Guest Worker' Program|David Frum|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Of the Conkling letter, his private secretaries later observed: “Nothing he ever uttered had a more instantaneous success.” Lincoln the Primitive Communicator? What He Can Teach Modern Politicians|Douglas L. Wilson|December 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Conkling never called upon Garfield, or returned Garfield's call, or answered Garfield's note. McClure's Magazine, Volume VI, No. 3. February 1896|Various Everybody tittered, and I was told that Mr. Conkling was displeased. Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Mr. Conkling took an active part in the Senate as a champion and spokesman of the administration. The Facts of Reconstruction|John R. Lynch It was what Mr. Conkling said, and in a great outburst of public rage he was pulled down. History of the United States|Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard Mr. Conkling had occasion to make a request of the President which the latter could not see his way clear to grant. The Facts of Reconstruction|John R. Lynch
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