Definitions
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- adjective
Corrupt andhardhanded , withpatronage andnepotism ,ostentatious ,grandiose . - adjective politics Highly corrupt,
heavyhanded ,authoritarian , patronage involving, andnepotistic leadership and organization. - adjective see
Chicago-style hot dog . - adjective A pizza with a crust at least three inches high, characterized by a
buttery crust,copious amounts of cheese and chunky tomatoes in adeep dish .
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Examples
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Anybody who has resided in the Windy City, as I did for four joyous years in college, recognizes such thefts as Chicago-style politics – no surprise in the Loop.
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Given Chicago-style payback politics, it is not impossible to conceive various politico-psychological scenarios of revenge.
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Oh yeah Dick Durbin, another Chicago-style politician, like Blago and Hopey.
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OLD DOG: It's been said that the Windy City has more hot-dog stands than BKs, KFCs and Mickey Ds combined, which goes some way toward explaining why frankfurter vendors around the country offer up "Chicago-style" dogs.
A Looong Way From Coney Island Steve Garbarino 2011
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Blue Dog Dems are folding like a cheap suit because of Raum Emanual's Chicago-style politics.
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Oh yeah Dick Durbin, another Chicago-style politician, like Blago and Hopey.
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With Republican leader John Boehner accusing the Democrats of disgracing Jeffersonian values, who knew that our third president was the earliest practitioner of Chicago-style thug politics?
Matthew Yglesias » In Defense of The “Louisiana Purchase” 2010
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But, again, this is the most corrupt President in American history — Chicago-style corruption on the national stage.
Matthew Yglesias » Franken Hits Obama Over CSPAN Promise 2010
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But, again, this is the most corrupt President in American history — Chicago-style corruption on the national stage.
Matthew Yglesias » Franken Hits Obama Over CSPAN Promise 2010
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NEW TRICKS: The Chicago-style defier Westminster Hot Dog opened last winter in a small storefront on the Loop and got big—fast.
A Looong Way From Coney Island Steve Garbarino 2011
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