| 单词 | mugwump |
| 例句 | At worst, I was picturing giant insects, murderous pirates and mugwumps. Beat and dust: Tangier's tang of history 2010-11-23T13:26:00Z Telford Taylor, a mugwump Democrat, remarks that though good intentions may be mitigating circumstances, they do not negate the fact of a crime, if one occurred. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, the infamous mugwump was predictably dragged on social media after news of the decision broke. Susan Collins still into Brett Kavanaugh, defends his precedent-shattering anti-choice vote 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent - especially from party politics. Words banned for the new year? ‘Fake news’ gets top vote 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z This year’s list included “blithering,” ”gauche” and “mugwump,” which refers to a person who remains aloof or independent — especially from party politics. List bans ‘fake news,’ ‘covfefe’ and ‘let me ask you this’ 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z It's not everyday you get called a mugwump. Mugwump mania and memes take over Twitter - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The Oxford English Dictionary defines mugwump as someone who remains aloof or independent, especially politically. Mugwump and Boris Johnson: What meaning did he intend? - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Writing in The Sun, the foreign secretary accused the Labour leader of being a threat to the UK and described him as a "mutton-headed old mugwump". General election 2017: Labour leader a 'mugwump', says Johnson - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps they regarded the term as something uniquely American, like caucuses or mugwumps. The Vocabularist: The roots of the filibuster - BBC News 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z We used to discuss various political and reform matters—the "mugwump" movement, the Cleveland campaigns, or what not. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Despite Johnson's intentions, supporters of Corbyn said that the "mugwump" label was in fact a "compliment". Mugwump mania and memes take over Twitter - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It also says mugwump was used refer to people who left the Republican Party in 1884 to support the Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. Mugwump and Boris Johnson: What meaning did he intend? - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z What mugwumps turned 'tis difficult to think, But probably they compromised on pink. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z He had recently gone over to the Socialist party, but at the very first meeting had abused his new comrades with emphasis: thieves, scoundrels and political mugwumps were among the expressions he used. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Between these hovered the wobblers or mugwumps, who whispered that while on the one hand—on the other hand—and that while they readily admitted—so they were free to confess——Everybody knows the wobbler. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z "Bliss is a sort of mugwump blessing—too full of the ideal and too barren in practicability." The Inventions of the Idiot And in 1994, Britain's music charts got a taste of the mugwumps when Bomb The Bass mentioned them in the chorus of Bug Powder Dust, paying tribute to Burroughs' book. Mugwump and Boris Johnson: What meaning did he intend? - BBC News 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z I've been a kind of mugwump of the cause for years. The Co-Citizens One politician said, frankly, "Women are natural mugwumps, and I hate a mugwump." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Gold-bugs and mugwumps—” “If you can spare the time,” said I, “and kindly explain what has disturbed you in my remarks, we’ll each be likely to find the rest of these forty miles more supportable.” Red Men and White Write definitions of such common terms as jingoism, civil service, gold standard, the submerged tenth, sweat shop, internal revenue, cyclonic area, foreign policy, imperialism, free silver, mugwump, political pull, Monroe doctrine, etc. English: Composition and Literature “A mugwump,” he said, and he said it with contempt. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart The sheet-iron thunder crashes; and the orchestra is engaged in another mortal combat with that revolutionary mugwump, the small reed-instrument, that persists in reforming the tune of the opera. Second Book of Tales I wrote the little child, and said to her all that I have just been saying about mugwump principles and the limitations which they put upon me. Chapters from My Autobiography The defection from his ranks by what in campaign publications of the day was known as the "mugwump" element, caused Mr. Blaine to venture upon a hazardous tour of speech-making. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective “Blizzard” and “mugwump” were new but a short time ago: the latter is dying from disuse, the former has come to stay. English: Composition and Literature This group constituted a sort of mugwump element that voted independently on every party question and that tried to rouse the Conservatives from their party prejudices and narrow leanings. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights But these Irish “mugwumps” seem to me to earn their title by simply refusing to believe that two and two, which make four in France or China, can be bullied into making five in Ireland. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Papa said the other day, "I am a mugwump and a mugwump is pure from the marrow out." Chapters from My Autobiography He nicknamed them "mugwumps" and continued to vote the regular tickets of his party. The Promise of American Life And this is what the Republican press and its mugwump echo call prosperity! Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 It is chiefly a question of environment whether we grow up Democrats or Republicans, Protestants or Catholics, Mormons or religious mugwumps. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 He would get himself disliked in the popular papers, but all the mugwumps would admire his moral courage. Mr. Standfast Such being my situation, I was puzzled to know how to try to help Mason, and, at the same time, save my mugwump purity undefiled. Chapters from My Autobiography The displacement of so many officials gave the Republicans an opportunity to attempt to discredit the President in the eyes of his mugwump supporters. The United States Since the Civil War To the President.—I write this letter not on my own account, but on behalf of a personal friend of mine who is known as a mugwump. Remarks It is, with shining exceptions, a "mugwump" class. America To-day, Observations and Reflections Then he became a "mugwump" and the new party gave his bank-examining to someone else; and, as he expressed it, "I had to stir my stumps," and he took up the raising of fine grapes. My Boyhood Frank is the politician of the concern; the greenback, anti-monopoly, mugwump man! A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" I have seen the Dean take down the encyclopaedia in the rectory, and move his finger slowly down the pages of the letter M, looking for mugwump. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town He claims that you have totally misunderstood the principles of the mugwumps all the way through. Remarks All democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it; none but the republicans and mugwumps know it. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories You ah and you hem and you haw, but in the end you're a poor miserable social mugwump, conscious of your own magnificence and virtue, but nobody else ever can attain to your lofty plane. The Enchanted Typewriter He may be merely a disgruntled voter seeking for revenge, or an overpleased voter seeking to maintain a profitable status quo, or he may belong to that class of super-citizens from which mugwumps arise. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization Once, as he passed out from the doors of the Greater Testimony, the rector heard some one say: "The Church would be all right if that old mugwump was out of the pulpit." Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town I took the best mugwump stand: my own conscience, my own judgment, were to decide in all things. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times All the republicans are insane, but only the democrats and mugwumps can perceive it. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Independents and mugwumps felt little reverence and set even less value on political parties, which we regarded simply as instruments to be used in carrying out policies. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography They thought this would offset the charges made by the 'mugwump' committee. My Memories of Eighty Years I have known him, in his little study upstairs, turn over the pages of the "Animals of Palestine," looking for a mugwump. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Unfortunately, the ideas of the revolutionary Wagner of 1848 are taught neither by the education nor the experience of English and American gentlemen-amateurs, who are almost always political mugwumps, and hardly ever associate with revolutionists. The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring Straight away the Dean asked if those mugwumps had really prejudiced the outcome of the campaign. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Mullins said there was no doubt of it, and the Dean enquired if the presence of mugwumps was fatal in matters of endeavour, and Mullins said that it was. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Then the rector asked if even one mugwump was, in the Christian sense, deleterious. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Indeed, the only time when the rector seemed animated and excited in the whole interview was when Mullins said that the campaign had been ruined by a lot of confounded mugwumps. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town |
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