Lib-Labadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌlɪbˈlab/, U.S.

/ˈlɪbˌlæb/

Etymology: Shortened < Liberal-Labour adj. at liberal adj. and n. Compounds 2.

colloquial.

A. adj.

= Liberal-Labour adj. at liberal adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Liberal and Labour

Liberal-Labour1881

Lib-Lab1903

1903 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 113/1 The Lib-Lab party is carrying all before it.

1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxx. 263 Despotic dictators came into fashion as fast as Lib-Lab prime ministers lost face.

1960 T. I. J. Jones in A. J. Roderick Wales through Ages II. 203 There were a few working class members of parliament before that date [sc. 1900]..but they counted themselves Liberals or at the most ‘Lib-Lab’.

1960 Guardian 18 Feb. 3/6 A famous ‘Lib-Lab.’ family.

1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 14 Mr Gaitskell stiffly shot down the idea of a formal Lib-Lab alliance.

1972 Times 30 Sept. 15/3 A Lib-Lab party would be well placed in terms of the central argument which is concerned with inflation.

1973 Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 16 Mr Wilson shudders at the very thought of a return to the old ‘Lib-Lab.’ combination.

B. n.

Chiefly plural. The labour movement and the Liberal Party in alliance (historical); (also, later) the Labour Party and the Liberal Party (or Liberal Democrats) in (temporary) alliance.

ΚΠ

1903 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 113/1 (heading) The Progress of the Lib-Labs.

1952 H. Nicolson King George V vii. 94 Of the 53 Labour members elected in 1906, twenty-nine belonged to the Independent Labour Party and twenty-four were affiliated to the Liberal Party and known as ‘Lib-Labs’.

1996 E. S. Wellhofer Democracy, Capitalism & Empire Late Victorian Brit. vii. 176 Differences in political behaviour are measured by support for the two principal parties—Conservatives and Liberals—as well as for the emerging Labour Party and the Lib-Labs.

Derivatives

ˌLib-ˈLabbery n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Liberal and Labour policies

Lib-Labbery1965

1965 Economist 26 June 1496/1 This is the hoary dilemma of Lib-Labbery.

1970 Guardian 6 Aug. 10/3 North Cornish Liberals are to urge the Liberal Assembly to fight every parliamentary seat and to have no truck with Lib-Labbery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lib-lab
释义	Lib-Labadj.n. Brit. /ˌlɪbˈlab/, U.S. /ˈlɪbˌlæb/ Etymology: Shortened < Liberal-Labour adj. at liberal adj. and n. Compounds 2. colloquial. A. adj. = Liberal-Labour adj. at liberal adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Liberal and Labour Liberal-Labour1881 Lib-Lab1903 1903 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 113/1 The Lib-Lab party is carrying all before it. 1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxx. 263 Despotic dictators came into fashion as fast as Lib-Lab prime ministers lost face. 1960 T. I. J. Jones in A. J. Roderick Wales through Ages II. 203 There were a few working class members of parliament before that date [sc. 1900]..but they counted themselves Liberals or at the most ‘Lib-Lab’. 1960 Guardian 18 Feb. 3/6 A famous ‘Lib-Lab.’ family. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 14 Mr Gaitskell stiffly shot down the idea of a formal Lib-Lab alliance. 1972 Times 30 Sept. 15/3 A Lib-Lab party would be well placed in terms of the central argument which is concerned with inflation. 1973 Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 16 Mr Wilson shudders at the very thought of a return to the old ‘Lib-Lab.’ combination. B. n. Chiefly plural. The labour movement and the Liberal Party in alliance (historical); (also, later) the Labour Party and the Liberal Party (or Liberal Democrats) in (temporary) alliance. ΚΠ 1903 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 113/1 (heading) The Progress of the Lib-Labs. 1952 H. Nicolson King George V vii. 94 Of the 53 Labour members elected in 1906, twenty-nine belonged to the Independent Labour Party and twenty-four were affiliated to the Liberal Party and known as ‘Lib-Labs’. 1996 E. S. Wellhofer Democracy, Capitalism & Empire Late Victorian Brit. vii. 176 Differences in political behaviour are measured by support for the two principal parties—Conservatives and Liberals—as well as for the emerging Labour Party and the Lib-Labs. Derivatives ˌLib-ˈLabbery n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Liberal and Labour policies Lib-Labbery1965 1965 Economist 26 June 1496/1 This is the hoary dilemma of Lib-Labbery. 1970 Guardian 6 Aug. 10/3 North Cornish Liberals are to urge the Liberal Assembly to fight every parliamentary seat and to have no truck with Lib-Labbery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1903
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