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Word of the day

Snollygoster
snol·​ly·​gos·​ter | \ ˈsnä-lē-ˌgä-stər
Noun

: a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a


politician.
: a politician whose actions are motivated by self-
interest rather than by high principles.
Example sentences

To become successful
Snollygosters must bein the world
thrown of
out of
politics,
political one has
office to other
and be an positions
accomplished
of
snollygoster.
power.
Short trivia

Snollygoster', a word

.
for "an
unprincipled but shrewd
person,"
might derive from
the word
'snallygaster', which is
used to
describe a mythical crea
ture from
rural Maryland that is
half reptile
and half bird. The word
seems to
emerge from the shad
ows like a
mythical creature com
e election
season.
Thank
you!

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