DCHP-3

grievance monger

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Obs.

a name applied by their opponents to the early Reformers (def. 1) of Upper Canada, from the list of thirty-one grievances presented by William Lyon Mackenzie in 1829.

Quotations

1828
Like William Lyon Mackenzie, he was a confirmed grievance-monger.
1832
Between 11 and 12 o'clock, the business of the day commenced, with choosing a genuine grievance monger chairman.
1832
Demagogues and grievance-mongers will soon find their business to be but a poor one.