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  • One day he had explained to them why he stayed away from drugs but his reasons fell on deaf ears and soon they began calling Mugwump a hood preacher, which pleased him to no end.

    Come Get Some Nane Quartay 2008

  • One day he had explained to them why he stayed away from drugs but his reasons fell on deaf ears and soon they began calling Mugwump a hood preacher, which pleased him to no end.

    Come Get Some Nane Quartay 2008

  • One day he had explained to them why he stayed away from drugs but his reasons fell on deaf ears and soon they began calling Mugwump a hood preacher, which pleased him to no end.

    Come Get Some Nane Quartay 2008

  • * "Mugwump", the last song on Terrorvision's 1996 album Regular Urban Survivors

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • * "Mugwump", a fictional rank/title in the Harry Potter books

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • * "Mugwump", a fictional creature created by William Burroughs in his 1959 book Naked Lunch

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • These Republicans, however, who took the more critical attitude toward their party formed the core of the "Mugwump" or Independent movement.

    The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley

  • He was, to his amusement, censured in the leading newspaper for this course, and called "Mugwump" and "Brindle-tail," but he correspondingly gained the favor of opponents.

    History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912 Kemp Plummer 1912

  • Out of the nomination of Blaine grew the "Mugwump" movement, whose influence was greater than that of the last bolt.

    The New Nation William E. [Editor] Dodd 1912

  • "Mugwump" is not entirely clear, but it was well known as an opprobrious epithet, and was applied now by party regulars to the "holier-than-thou" reformers.

    The New Nation William E. [Editor] Dodd 1912

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