Mar 11, 2004 17:34
20 yrs ago
English term
mugwump
English to Polish
Other
Journalism
j.w.
Proposed translations
(Polish)
| 4 | niezależny, niezrzeszony |
leff
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| 4 | niezdecydowany / wahający się / stojący w rozkroku |
bartek
|
Proposed translations
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niezależny, niezrzeszony
mugwump (mugwump)
n.
1 a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
2 any independent, esp. in politics
Etymology
[Algonquian mugquomp, chief]
[Webster's]
n.
1 a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
2 any independent, esp. in politics
Etymology
[Algonquian mugquomp, chief]
[Webster's]
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46 mins
niezdecydowany / wahający się / stojący w rozkroku
sam nie wie, czego chce
A political fence-sitter, who won't come down on either side of the fence and tries to have things both ways. Originally an Algonquin Indian word; used in American p[olitics for more than a century.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mugwump &f=1
A political fence-sitter, who won't come down on either side of the fence and tries to have things both ways. Originally an Algonquin Indian word; used in American p[olitics for more than a century.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mugwump &f=1
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