ginger group

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. the most active group within an organization, as a political party.

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ginger group British  

noun

1. a group within a party, association, etc, that enlivens or radicalizes its parent body

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Etymology

Origin of ginger group

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Thenceforward the "ginger group" of the Labor Party harassed the Government at every turn, until Premier Baldwin at length forced the matter to a vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin promoted to rank at the tail* of his Cabinet, last week, seven of those "coming" young Conservative M. P.'s who are known in the House of Commons as the "ginger group."

From Time Magazine Archive

They would be a valuable asset for a German "ginger group."

From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir