| 单词 | hollywoodgate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHollywoodgate 1. The name of the place where such a scandal (allegedly) occurred, or that of a place in some way associated with the scandal, as Dallasgate, Hollywoodgate, Irangate, Koreagate, etc. ΚΠ 1973 National Lampoon Aug. 27/2 There have been persistent rumors in Russia of a vast scandal... Implicated in ‘the Volgagate’ are a group of liberal officials. 1975 Mod. People 1 Oct. 1 (heading) Shocking Dallasgate revealed. 1976 Guardian Weekly 5 Dec. 6/2 The continually expanding scandal over the Park regime's influence peddling on Capitol Hill has already been called a ‘Koreagate’. 1978 Newsweek 23 Jan. 55/3 Rumors of a coverup spread, and journalists scurried to investigate what some were already calling Hollywoodgate. 1978 Maclean's 9 Oct. 66 (caption) Thorpe and Whitehall-gate: how the Establishment works. 1986 Independent 10 Dec. 12/3 It is all too easy for Mr Reagan..to see ‘Irangate’ purely in domestic American terms. < as lemmas |
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