snollygoster

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"I suspect that what really irritated the Labour representative is that I called for him to publish his expenses so that all Gloucester voters could see that he isn't a snollygoster (a

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  1. noun Slang One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.

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  • "I suspect that what really irritated the Labour representative is that I called for him to publish his expenses so that all Gloucester voters could see that he isn't a snollygoster (a —  mirror.co.uk - Home
 

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  1. Perhaps alteration of snallygaster, a mythical beast said to prey on poultry and children, perhaps from Pennsylvania Dutch schnelle geeschter : Middle High German snēl, quick (from Old High German) + Middle High German geist, spirit (from Old High German).
 

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