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- adjective Alternative capitalization of
whiggish
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Examples
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Although the Ministry was fighting for their interests against the Tory party and the so-called Whiggish section of its own supporters, who were seeking to cut down the benefits which the measure offered to Irish tenants, the Nationalist members regarded it, and in particular Mr. Forster, as their foe.
Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question Henry Thring Thring 1862
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Scotland, a class compared with whom the bitterest English Tories might be called Whiggish; and Drumlanrig himself was Lieutenant Colonel of
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Sobel's heroic portrait of Harrison makes little reference to religion and almost none to the wider impact of the longitude question on politics and vice versa; it is 'Whiggish' in that the "solution of the greatest scientific problem of his time" is presented as both desirable and ultimately inevitable.
Recap of Season 2 blue_condition 2008
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Verse 2, Line 2: 'Whiggish' i. e the Whiggs the historical party who opposed the Jacobites.
Lady Traquair's Brew 2006
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"What kind of Whiggish, canting talk is this, for the house of Cluny Macpherson?"
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Am senior advisr to Cabinet mmber & cd make thm "Whiggish".
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The ghosts in permanent residence on its battlements will hardly be silenced by the "Whiggish" evocation of "stronger together, weaker apart" that is now the staple response of all three Westminster parties.
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The ghosts in permanent residence on its battlements will hardly be silenced by the "Whiggish" evocation of "stronger together, weaker apart" that is now the staple response of all three Westminster parties.
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The ghosts in permanent residence on its battlements will hardly be silenced by the "Whiggish" evocation of "stronger together, weaker apart" that is now the staple response of all three Westminster parties.
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"What kind of Whiggish, canting talk is this, for the house of Cluny
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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