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Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a member of the Radical party.
Quotations
1836
What! nasal Bidwell, a party man, We know he is a RAD most hearty, But in Lot-street, say who can, He never countenanced a PARTY.
1852
We have recently seen several of the Walsingham Rads in the ancient garb--can't say it looks bad--rather antique to be sure, but we think the very antiquity adds a shade of respectability.