Mugwumps

Mugwumps

Mugwumps (spr. möggwömps, »[Indianer-] Häuptlinge«), in New York 1884 aufgekommene spöttische Bezeichnung der »Unabhängigen« der republikanischen Partei. Vgl. Stalwarts.


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