| 单词 | cowboy politician |
| 释义 | > as lemmascowboy politician b. As a modifier, designating a man who is rash, reckless, violent, aggressive, or unrestrained, as in cowboy driver, cowboy politician, etc.In early use frequently with allusion to sense 2b. ΚΠ 1885 Warren (Pa.) Ledger 2 Oct. All cowboy politicians who shake hands with iron grips. 1933 Pittsburgh Courier 30 Sept. ii. 3 (headline) Charges Chi cowboy taxi driver with robbery. 1964 Washington Post 18 Oct. a12/1 Known to Rhodesians as the ‘cowboy government’, the Premier Ian Smith's regime is faulted by diplomats here for clumsiness, inefficiency and disregard for law. 1985 Financial Post (Toronto) (Nexis) 10 Aug. ii. 15 The hard-drinking, cigar-chewing cowboy capitalists who populate the oil industry. 2013 @ell_dog_92 7 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 5 July 2021) Be careful on the roads today as they are full of cowboy drivers putting our premiums right through the roof! < as lemmas |
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