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  • adjective US, politics, slang Resembling or characteristic of a mugwump.

Etymologies

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mugwump +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • I confess to feeling somewhat "mugwumpish" myself that morning, for it was pretty plain that I never could lead the Republican party in that house, as long as Addison was about.

    When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine 1887

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