snollygostern.

/ˈsnɒlɪɡɒstə/

Etymology: Perhaps connected with snallygaster n., which is, however, of more recent appearance.

U.S. dialect and slang.

A shrewd, unprincipled person, esp. a politician. Also in other more or less fanciful uses (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > one engaged in

politico1630

job hunter1834

middleman1845

snollygoster1846

prostitute1889

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple > unscrupulous or unprincipled person

unconscionable1655

unprincipled1787

snollygoster1846

whore1871

Ned Kelly1886

Snopes1962

1846 Commonwealth (Frankfort, Kentucky) 7 Apr. 2/6 Now here I am a rale propelling, double revolving locomotive Snolly Goster, ready to attack anything.

1863 D. D. Emmett Black Brigade (sheet music) 5 We am de snolly-gosters, An' lubs Jim Ribber oysters.

1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 28 Oct. 4/3 A Georgia editor kindly explains that ‘a snollygoster is a fellow who wants office, regardless of party, platform or principles, and who, whenever he wins, gets there by the sheer force of monumental talknophical assumnacy’.

1896 Georgia Cracker 17 Aug. A snollygoster is a man who is ambitious for office regardless of party, platform or principles.

1912 Dial. Notes 3 590 Snolly-goster, a shyster.

1915 Nebraska State Jrnl. 7 Sept. 6/3 We once knew a miserly old snollygoster who used to look in a mirror to see the reflection of a saint.

1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 3 Sept. 17/2 President Truman..said some people like to pray in public so that others will view them as honorable and religious men... ‘I wish some of these snollygosters would read the New Testament and perform accordingly.’

1953 Cavalier Daily (Univ. of Virginia) 12 Nov. 1/2 Former President Truman may have been making a talknophical assumnacy when he said a snollygoster is what Southerners call a man born out of wedlock.

1972 A. Roudybush Sybaritic Death xx. 168 The deaths of a middle-aged tart and an elderly snollygoster are of little moment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	snollygoster
释义	snollygostern. /ˈsnɒlɪɡɒstə/ Etymology: Perhaps connected with snallygaster n., which is, however, of more recent appearance. U.S. dialect and slang. A shrewd, unprincipled person, esp. a politician. Also in other more or less fanciful uses (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > one engaged in politico1630 job hunter1834 middleman1845 snollygoster1846 prostitute1889 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple > unscrupulous or unprincipled person unconscionable1655 unprincipled1787 snollygoster1846 whore1871 Ned Kelly1886 Snopes1962 1846 Commonwealth (Frankfort, Kentucky) 7 Apr. 2/6 Now here I am a rale propelling, double revolving locomotive Snolly Goster, ready to attack anything. 1863 D. D. Emmett Black Brigade (sheet music) 5 We am de snolly-gosters, An' lubs Jim Ribber oysters. 1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 28 Oct. 4/3 A Georgia editor kindly explains that ‘a snollygoster is a fellow who wants office, regardless of party, platform or principles, and who, whenever he wins, gets there by the sheer force of monumental talknophical assumnacy’. 1896 Georgia Cracker 17 Aug. A snollygoster is a man who is ambitious for office regardless of party, platform or principles. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 590 Snolly-goster, a shyster. 1915 Nebraska State Jrnl. 7 Sept. 6/3 We once knew a miserly old snollygoster who used to look in a mirror to see the reflection of a saint. 1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 3 Sept. 17/2 President Truman..said some people like to pray in public so that others will view them as honorable and religious men... ‘I wish some of these snollygosters would read the New Testament and perform accordingly.’ 1953 Cavalier Daily (Univ. of Virginia) 12 Nov. 1/2 Former President Truman may have been making a talknophical assumnacy when he said a snollygoster is what Southerners call a man born out of wedlock. 1972 A. Roudybush Sybaritic Death xx. 168 The deaths of a middle-aged tart and an elderly snollygoster are of little moment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1846
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