standpat
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of standpat
First recorded in 1900–05; noun, adj. use of verb phrase stand pat
Example Sentences
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It was all as simple as beating a standpat Congressman.
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"No, this is a business matter," the insinuating gentleman went on, and then he proceeded to show that about twenty-five thousand subscribers could be obtained if the publication preached orthodox standpat doctrine.
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Henry, you may remember, delivered the Roosevelt valedictory at the Chicago Republican convention in 1912, when he kidded the standpat crowd out of every Republican state in the union but two at the election.
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The previous year, the machine or standpat Republicans, who were under the domination of Senator Platt, had come to a complete break with the anti-machine element over the New York mayoralty.
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In Congress, farmers and fishermen, standpat Republicans and Progressives hostile to the Administration, waged war against the bargain.
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