Wobbly

Definitions

1. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.
2. Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“The gray man didn’t think⟳ I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think⟳ I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get⟳ the low-down on me, and to not let⟳ himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it.”

“I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.”

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