单词 | silk-stocking district |
释义 | > as lemmassilk-stocking district silk-stocking district n. (also silk-stocking quarter) a district inhabited mainly by supporters of the (Whig or) Republican party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member of Whig party > of conservative branch of > district occupied by silk-stocking district1893 1893 World's Fair Puck 18 Sept. 231/2 Mr. Astorbilt (of the silk-stocking district)—No; I thought I was a thousand miles away from Tammany! 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 30 Oct. 2 Political conditions change even in the ‘silk-stocking’ quarter—the middle reaches of Manhattan, between 14th Street and 96th Street. 1964 Economist 2 May 486/2 Mr Wallace may do well, both in the silk stocking districts, and on the waterfront. < as lemmas |
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