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broken glass republican

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
bro-ken -glass re-pub-li-can
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.

American usage

Etymology

From the claim that such Republicans would crawl through broken glass in order to vote Republican.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Broken Glass Republicans (plural)

Antonyms

Yellow Dog Democrat

Questions

What does broken glass republican mean?
A Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.
Where does broken glass republican come from?
From the claim that such Republicans would crawl through broken glass in order to vote Republican.

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