Grit

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a supporter of the movement which took form as the Clear Grit Party; an adherent of the Clear Grit Party.

Quotations

1852

Will the Grits desert him in this; and allow him to be accused by the government "of leaving his slime upon everything that he crawled over?"

1896

The proposal for a loan in aid of the Crow's Nest Pass railway had been blocked by the "Grits" also, he said.

1906

"Grit" afterward became a nickname for a member of the Reform or Liberal party, and especially for the enthusiastic followers of George Brown.

1964

Of course the Grits know that Diefenbaker is a formidable campaigner, but they regard him as a known quantity.