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snollygosters

snollygosters is the plural of snollygoster.

Meaning of snollygoster

Noun

snollygoster (plural snollygosters)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A shrewd person not guided by principles, especially a politician.
    • […]I called for him to publish his expenses so that all Gloucester voters could see that he isn't a snollygoster (a 19th century term meaning a corrupt politician, the website later explains).2009 May 19, “Tory issues apology after calling Labour rival a "c***"”, in Daily Mirror, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2014, retrieved 06 Feb 2014

Questions about snollygosters

What is snollygosters the plural of?
Snollygosters is the plural of snollygoster.

Words near snollygosters in the dictionary

  1. snoke
  2. snoked
  3. snokes
  4. snoking
  5. snollygoster
  6. snollygosters
  7. Snoman
  8. snoo snoo
  9. snooch
  10. snooches
  11. snood

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