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Definition of Bucktails
1. bucktail [n] - See also: bucktail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucktails
Literary usage of Bucktails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Empire State: A Compendious History of the Commonwealth of New York by Benson John Lossing (1888)
"The bucktails nominated Vice-President Tompkins for that position, ... The friends
of Clinton gave to them the name of " bucktails," as the order that wore ..."
2. The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the by Jabez Delano Hammond (1850)
"... but acted openly and decidedly with the bucktails. if he was before, as I
thought I had reason to suspect, inclined to identify himself with that party, ..."
3. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1892)
"The lead of the bucktails had passed to the Albany Regency (which see). In 1828
Clinton died, leaving his faction leaderless. It had always been a personal ..."
4. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.), Buffalo Historical Society (1879)
"Clintonians and bucktails, the Kremlin aristocracy and those opposed, democrats
and federalists, all joined hands and exchanged fraternal congratulations. ..."
5. Autobiography of William H. Seward from 1801 to 1834: With a Memoir of His by William Henry Seward, Frederick William Seward (1877)
"bucktails " and " Clintoniana."—Constitution of 1821. —Admitted to the Bar.—"
Going West. ... bucktails ..."
6. William H. Seward: An Autobiography from 1801 to 1834. With a Memoir of His by William Henry Seward, Frederick William Seward (1891)
"bucktails" and " Clintonians."—Constitution of 1821. —Admitted to the Bar.—"
Going West."—Partnership with Judge Miller.—Choosing Church and Party. ..."
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