Grand Old Party

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noun

G.O.P.

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How to use Grand Old Party in a sentence

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
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Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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A tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
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Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
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British Dictionary definitions for Grand Old Party

Grand Old Party

noun

(in the US) a nickname for the Republican Party since 1880Abbreviation: GOP

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