> Main Entry: mug·wump > Pronunciation: 'm&g-"w&mp > Function: noun > Etymology: obsolete slang mugwump kingpin, from Massachuset mugquomp, > muggumquomp war leader > Date: 1884 > 1 : a bolter from the Republican party in 1884 > 2 : an independent in politics > So, now, we *both* are keen to know... > 1) Are you familiar with the word (and how/from whom did you learn it)?
Familiar ? No - learn ? no ... > 2) What does it mean to *you*? Not much in *this* century. > 3) Where are you in the US (or, > where did your source come from)? > Tamara P Duvall My 'source' was the only book with one h__luva lotta references to politics that I have ever been able to slog through - " . . . And Ladies of the Club" - but I did ! and that, incidentally, I have been 'pushing' on this list because it's *such* a good show-and-tell of the *variety" of woman-characters/lives starting in 1868 through three generations into the 1900's. The author, Helen Hooven Sant Myer has written another/*better* "Gone With the Wind" and has not, as far as I can tell, ever received the credit for it that she earned and deserves. Is it an epic ? Maybe not, but then, what do I know ? Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
