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yellow dog democrat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low -dog demo-crat
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Yellow Dog Democrat.

noun

A Democrat, especially a Southern one, who votes a straight party ticket; one who invariably votes for Democratic candidates.

American usage; Dated

Etymology

From the claim that such Democrats would sooner vote for a yellow dog, if it ran on the Democratic ticket, than a Republican.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellow dog Democrats (plural)

Phrases

vote blue no matter who

Frequently Paired Words

vote blue no matter who

Synonyms

brass-collar Democrat

Antonyms

Broken Glass Republican

Questions

What does yellow dog democrat mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Yellow Dog Democrat.
Where does yellow dog democrat come from?
From the claim that such Democrats would sooner vote for a yellow dog, if it ran on the Democratic ticket, than a Republican.

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