Definition of Standpatters

1. standpatter [n] - See also: standpatter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standpatters

standings
standish
standishes
standoff
standoffish
standoffishly
standoffishness
standoffs
standout
standouts
standover
standovers
standpat
standpat(a)
standpatter
standpatters (current term)
standpattism
standpattisms
standpipe
standpipes
standpoint
standpoints
stands
stands down
stands for
stands in
stands on ceremony
stands out
stands up
stands up against

Literary usage of Standpatters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Internationalism by Harold Bolce (1907)
"CHAPTER XI THE standpatters THE fact that conservatism has held out against the plan and possibilities of reciprocity is in itself no argument against that ..."

2. The New Internationalism by Harold Bolce (1907)
"CHAPTER XI THE standpatters THE fact that conservatism has held out against the plan and possibilities of reciprocity is in itself no ..."

3. An American History by David Saville Muzzey (1911)
"The standpatters regard the insurgents as a group of hot-headed ... The Republican standpatters are willing to rely for their support by the voters on what ..."

4. What We Want and why by Ethel Snowden (1922)
"These may be described as first: The standpatters,—those who accept the ... THE standpatters.—To describe these sections more fully that we may gauge the ..."

5. The Plain Story of American History by John Spencer Bassett (1916)
"They replied by calling their opponents "standpatters," from the slang expression "stand pat ... President Taft generally took the side of the standpatters. ..."

6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"THE standpatters' ROUT In California the Old Guard leaders among Republicans refused to change their own colors, but tried to put a rosy pink glow of ..."

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