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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A politician.
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- noun A
politician .
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Examples
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Cao the pol is still a work in progress, he acknowledges.
Joseph Cao, the unlikely congressman from New Orleans Steve Hendrix 2010
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If the indicted pol is convicted, the campaign funds should be seized and turned over to the state's Clean Election program.
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It just seems wierd to say in one breath that a pol is playing to his racist base, and in the next to predict his demise for doing so.
Waldo Jaquith - Keith Drake suggests that slaves wear 13 pieces of flair. 2007
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Past, reliance on instinct seems to be a round-about way to support traditionalist and populist ideals in politics.
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In fact, getting involved in politics in China is a horrible career move if you ultimately aspire to, um, be involved in politics in China: It’s too easy to make a misstep and remove yourself from the running completely.
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Later we learn that none of the facts surrounding the woman’s death as related by the emotional pol is accurate.
Correcting the facts and missing the truth « BuzzMachine 2005
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A poll is a pol is a poll,,, think I will just wait on the vote.
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They also recall the pol who "want (ed) to be buried in Chicago (when he died) so (he could) stay active in politics."
Choice in November - Nader v. Twiddle Dee or Twiddle Dum 2008
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They also recall the pol who "want (ed) to be buried in Chicago (when he died) so (he could) stay active in politics."
Choice in November - Nader v. Twiddle Dee or Twiddle Dum 2008
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Australia has expanded its network of so-called pol-mil (political/military) talks and regional security dialogues to include now ten regional countries.
oroboros commented on the word pol
Lop in reverse.
November 3, 2007
yarb commented on the word pol
He knew that at one time she had been illegally married to a student commune leader, and that for one year she had lived in the rabbit warrens of Columbia University, along with all the smelly, bearded students kept subsurface lifelong by the pols and the nats. The police and the national guard, who ringed every campus, keeping the students from creeping across to society like so many black rats swarming out of a leaky ship.
- P.K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
March 24, 2012