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snollygoster

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Definition of snollygoster

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noun

  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[…]”
    “[…] I recently discovered the word “snollygoster”: not a character from “Harry Potter”, but an unprincipled person in office motivated by personal rather than public gain.”

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Etymology

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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