Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles or conduct of the stand-patters.
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Examples
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Senator Hanna, then a member of the Steering Committee, attempted to steady all Republicans who seemed likely to be seduced by Roosevelt's subversive novelties by telling them to "stand pat," and, as we look back now, the Senator from Ohio with his stand-pattism broom reminds us of the portly Mrs. Partington trying to sweep back the inflowing Atlantic Ocean.
Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography Thayer, William R 1919
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"stand-pattism" of the Republican machine, regard Wilson much more seriously; rather did they place their confidence in a reinvigoration of the Grand Old Party through the progressive leadership of Roosevelt, whose enthusiasm and practical vision had attracted the approval of more than four million voters in the preceding election, despite his lack of an adequate political organization.
Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924
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"stand-pattism" that would multiply these needlessly, or fail to build solid and comfortable highways across them wherever it is possible to do so.
Craftsmanship in Teaching William Chandler Bagley 1910
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