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- noun Plural form of
handwringer .
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Examples
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Notice Plouffe used the word handwringers and bedwetters the other day.
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Williamjames Hull Hoffer, author of “The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War,” would like to remind all handwringers that things could be worse.
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These wet handwringers are dangerous, need to be exposed for what they are and promply removed from their posts before they can cause more public harm.
Telford Council to question single people seen in town park 2008
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And you're one of the handwringers making that happen.
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And when or if that happens there'll be plenty of voices shrieking that more should have been done to prevent it and if only we hadn't listened to the handwringers it might have been prevented and so on.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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- It is the latest false story being pushed by handwringers on the Left.
Obama Spokesperson Reaffirms Commitment To Rolling Back Oil Company Subsidies 2009
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But at this point, if the Democratic party are such a stupid bunch of whiners, handwringers, and chicken littles that they will replace Hilary with Obama, then they WILL LOSE, and they will have deserved to lose, so aside from theatrics, this is a non-story.
It's Official: Obama Camp Encouraged Hillary's Name To Be Placed In Nomination 2009
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But the Dolans aren't going to be scared off by Poytner Institute journo-ethics handwringers.
Note to the Tennis Channel: The Dolans Probably Don't Care 2009
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Gray areas during war are for idiots, handwringers, appeasers, capitulators, and cowards.
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Knowing that the Newsweek poll would bring out all the FISA handwringers with their rote "I told you so."
Poll: National Race Tightens; Majority Says Obama Flip-Flopped On Key Issues 2009
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