snollygoster

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shrewd person not guided by principles, especially a politician. obsolete,slang
    — […]I called for him to publish his expenses so that all Gloucester voters could see that he isn't a snollygoster[…]

词形变化

snollygosters plural

词源

19th-century American English. Possibly from snallygaster, a mythical beast that preys on poultry and children; possibly from Pennsylvania German schnelle geeschter, from German schnell (“quick”) + Geist (“spirit”).
Largely obsolete, it briefly resurfaced in 2009 in Britain as part of a debate over MPs' expenses.
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