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MUHG-wuhmp
noun
a person neutral in politics; a fence-sitter; a person unable or unwilling to take a position, especially on difficult issues; one of a group of Republicans in 1884 who refused to support their candidate James G. Blaine and so left the party
1922My Memories of Eighty Years...his tactful flattery of local pride, did a great deal to remove the prejudices against him, which were being fomented by a propaganda of a 'mugwump' committee in New York.1959Naked LunchMugwumps have no liver and nourish themselves exclusively on sweets.1972Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'But my dear old muddleheaded mugwump,' said Mr Wonka, turning to Mrs Bucket.1984Dayworld...we can have the big powwow, see who's the big mugwump.Labels: Chauncey M. Depew, Philip Jose Farmer, Roald Dahl, William S. Burroughs
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