Etymology
Origin of bossdom
Example Sentences
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From Los Angeles Times
Re-elected to a third term, Wagner vowed to oust Buckley both from the House seat and his Bronx bossdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1926, Brennan "bet his bossdom against a seat in the U. S. Senate that Illinois is sick of Prohibition"�and lost to Senator-eject Frank L. Smith.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a century of highly successful Republican bossdom, just two Democrats had tiptoed into the Statehouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bossdom of Indiana's Thomas Taggart is of an older vintage.
From Time Magazine Archive
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