Locofoco

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  • n. A match (used for making fire)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A friction match.
  • n. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of self-lighting cigar: so called in New York in 1834.
  • n. A friction-match.
  • n. [capitalized] In United States history, one of the equal-rights or radical section of the Democratic party about 1835; by extension, in disparagement, any member of that party.
    • Word Usage
    "So now, said Frazer, he was going for Polk—“the bosom friend of Old Hickory … the man who stood up in defence of the old hero during the panic session … the man who fought so bravely and so undauntingly the whigs of Tennessee—the pure, whole hog, locofoco democrat, who goes against … the ring-streaked and speckled whig party, with all its odious, abominable measures.”"
     
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