Meaning of snollygoster | Babel Free

Definitions

A shrewd person not guided by principles, especially a politician.

obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]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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