Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles or practices of Whigs: first applied to the Scottish Presbyterian doctrine, and generally used as a term of contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.
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Examples
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Can we plausibly get back to whiggery and what's not to like?
What if I did a summer trip, going to U.S. cities where I could do meet-ups with readers... Ann Althouse 2009
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Also, it brings with it a set of long-standing arguments that loom over our every political discussion e.g. whiggery v toryism, which comes in to play when we discuss whether we should shut down Guantanamo Bay or whether its important for the CIA to report truthfully to Congress; or what liberalism entails, so vital when we talk about whether health care is a right or a privilege.
Let's Run Away From The Girls! And Other Strategies To Make History Relevant To A Twenty-First Century Liberal Arts Education Tenured Radical 2009
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JSTOR, I suspect, has eliminated much whiggery in this area.
Antecedents 2007
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The good old days would be restored; there would be no more whiggery and Walpolism; with much more of the same kind of talk.
A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912
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"Far less so to us, you may be sure; but we shall be content again when we can get away from all your whiggery, democratism, devilism, mobism!"
The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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` ` Hout, man --- whisht wi 'your whiggery,' 'answered the Celt;
Rob Roy 1887
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"Where on earth did the fellow get hold of that piece of whiggery?" said he.
Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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This is the more remarkable as the two seem to have been almost the only persons who are mentioned as talking whiggery to him.
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--- Gang awa wi 'your whiggery, if that's a' ye can do; auld Curate Kilstoup wad hae read half the prayer-book to me by this time --- Awa wi 'ye!
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-- Gang awa wi 'your whiggery, if that's a' ye can do; auld Curate Kilstoup wad hae read half the prayer-book to me by this time -- Awa wi 'ye!
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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