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Prohibition party

American  

noun

  1. a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.


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“He didn’t have a cellphone, he didn’t have a computer,” said Rick Knox, the chairman of the Prohibition party.

From The Guardian Oct. 26, 2018

The Prohibition party got its wish of preventing the sale and production of alcohol in 1919, but prohibition was repealed in 1933, and there seems little hope of it returning.

From The Guardian Oct. 26, 2018

The earliest was August 26, 1887, when the New York Times reported a speech by Fred Wheeler at a Prohibition party convention.

From Time Feb. 20, 2016

He never campaigned sensationally for prohibition; he never signed a prohibition pledge or belonged to the Prohibition party.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Has this bill been endorsed by the Prohibition party?"

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

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