| 单词 | tammany-ridden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTammany-ridden C1. attributive and in other combinations, as Tammany-organization, Tammany-ring, Tammany-tariff, Tammany-ticket; Tammany-ridden adj. ΚΠ 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) vi. 155 The Tammany Ring..is to take the place of the feudal lord. 1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xiv. 10 A complete Tammany Ring and lowest circle in the Inferno of the Worst. 1887 J. Chamberlain in Times (weekly ed.) 14 Oct. 3/1 I cannot accept as desirable..the degradation of the great city of Belfast and the province of Ulster to a Tammany ring in Dublin. 1894 Daily News 5 July 5/6 ‘The Tammany Tariff’..appears to refer to the rates at which certain abuses and violations of the law have in that city been able to enjoy a practical immunity. 1899 Daily News 29 May 6/7 Even Tammany-ridden New York has made up its mind to construct a new underground system. 1901 Scotsman 7 Nov. 4/2 His opponent..was backed by the immensely powerful Tammany organisation. < as lemmas |
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