standpatter

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.

Mr. Standfast John Buchan 1907

A "standpatter" seemed hardly so assured as before he encountered the dim, surprised gaze, but the old clergyman was esteemed a good sort, and he ventured on a reminder:

The Lost Guidon 1911 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

In farming as in politics Washington was no standpatter.

George Washington: Farmer Paul Leland Haworth

Every progressive Democrat in the Convention was opposed to the nomination of the Princetonian, and every standpatter and Old Guardsman was in favour of Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Joseph P. Tumulty

Every progressive Democrat in the Convention was opposed to the nomination of the Princetonian, and every standpatter and Old Guardsman was in favour of Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson as I know Him Tumulty, Joseph P 1921

He is not a "reactionary" but a "standpatter" when it comes to defending "the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."

History of Louisiana Negro Baptists From 1804 to 1914 1915

In farming as in politics Washington was no standpatter.

George Washington Farmer Haworth, Paul L 1915