standpatter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of standpatter
Example Sentences
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During her campaign she made no speeches, announced the following platform: "First, I am a Christian; second, I am an American, and third, I am a Republican and a standpatter, too."
From Time Magazine Archive
No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents.
From Time Magazine Archive
Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, runs the old standpatter against liberalizing practically anything.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was mad with President Wilson, and he prophesied a great awakening when Uncle Sam got up against John Bull in Europe and found out the kind of standpatter he was.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
Every man in the world must be in some respect a standpatter.
From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood
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