| 单词 |
boroughmonger |
| 释义 |
boroughmonger|ˈbʌrəˌmʌŋgə(r)|
[f. borough + monger.]
One who trades in parliamentary seats for boroughs. (A sarcastic designation coined about the end of the 18th c., and very frequently used in the discussions on electoral reform up to 1832.) Hence ˈboroughmonger v. rare; ˈboroughmongering vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈboroughmongery, the arts and practices of a boroughmonger.
1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 309 An impudent, unqualified intrusion of Borough mongering Mercers. 1809Sir Fr. the Reformer 9 He swears eternal detestation To borough-mongers of the nation. 1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 677 Worse even than base boroughmongry. 1831Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 215 The awful danger of extinguishing Borough-mongers. 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump. (1876) 68 Boroughmongers—an extinct race of beasts of prey. 1844Disraeli Coningsby iv. iv. 126 The boroughmongering of our own times. 1846H. Martineau Hist. Peace II. iv. iii. 417 By this [Reform] bill, the practice of boroughmongery was cut up by the roots. 1847L. Hunt Men, Wom. & Bks. I. xiii. 215 ‘Never borough-mongered with it,’ says the peer. 1865Bright Sp. Reform 18 Jan. (1876) 335 The Reform Bill..disturbed the boroughmongers to a remarkable degree. 1879Edin. Rev. April 497 They represented either Downing Street or a score of boroughmongering peers. |
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