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Sir Hyacinth O'Brien," said he, "as capital an electioneerer as you are, I'll engage I'll find one that shall outdo you here.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Edgeworth, Maria

There was no place for the vulgar electioneerer or impudent place-hunter.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John

He was a great electioneerer, as befitted times when the claims of two rival dynasties virtually met upon the hustings, and he took a prominent part in the great Yorkshire contest of the year 1734.

From Sterne by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)

The other candidate, Mr. Molyneux, was still more formidable; not as an electioneerer, but as a man of talents and unimpeached integrity, which had been successfully exerted in the service of his country.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Edgeworth, Maria

As an electioneerer, I can get away with any of 'em.

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred