Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
flyboat , 3.
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Examples
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"We've learned today that Arlen Specter ... just cant quit making Republican swift-boat attacks on the integrity of Democrats who served in our military,"
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This did not endear him to colleagues, including John Cochrane of the University of Chicago, who wrote that Krugman was sliming a growing enemies list: Don't argue with them, swift-boat them.
Paul Krugman, incensed and insistent about our economic ills Howard Kurtz 2010
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"We've learned today that Arlen Specter can abandon his party, but he just cant quit making Republican swift-boat attacks on the integrity of Democrats who served in our military," Sestak also said in the statement.
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It does not help when the Republican leadership try to swift-boat and lie to the elderly, and/or vulnerable so as to kili any medical issuance reform bill.
White House launches counteroffensive over Drudge Report link 2009
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In 2012, there will be oceans of cash, mostly from "undisclosed" donors, available for Republicans to swift-boat each other.
Secret Donations Could Haunt 2012 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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[...] 10 July 2009 9: 55 am by Taylor Marsh "We've learned today that Arlen Specter can abandon his party, but he just cant quit making Republican swift-boat attacks on the integrity of Democrats who served in our military," Sestak also said in the statement.
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Its dishonest for Sestak to accuse Spector of swift-boat attacks.
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The Tea Party is another version of the swift-boat crowd – funded by ultra conservative political action groups and disguised as a grass-roots movement.
Poll: Tea Party allies deny racism element, critics say otherwise 2010
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D.C. fire and rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said fire officials called in additional swift-boat rescue personnel during the day, after emergency responders spent much of the morning rush hour rescuing about 20 people stranded in cars at a half-dozen locations in the District.
Storms flood parts of Washington region, stranding motorists 2010
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Obama is not going to just sit there and let these 527s, that are financed by the "fat cats," swift-boat him.
Obama campaign files FEC complaint against pro-Clinton group 2008
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