New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also : the period of this program
New Dealer noun
New Dealish
-ˈdē-lish 
adjective New Dealism
-ˈdē-ˌli-zəm
noun 
Word History
Etymology
from the supposed resemblance to the situation of freshness and equality of opportunity afforded by a fresh deal in a card game
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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- fingered lemon
- fingered tremolo
- fingerer
- fingerers
- fingerfish
- fingerflower
- fingerfloweres
- fingerflowers
- fingerguards
- fingerhold
- fingerholds
- fingerholes
- fingering
- fingerings
- fingerless
- fingerlike
- fingerling
- fingerling potato
- fingerlings
- fingermarks
- fingernail
- fingernail clam