Lexicographical Neighbors of Locofocos
Literary usage of Locofocos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Movement for Statehood, 1845-1846 by Milo Milton Quaife (1918)
"On motion, the meeting accepted the address and the committee were discharged.
WHAT locofocos CAN'T UNDERSTAND [August 4, ..."
2. Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893 by William Dana Orcutt (1891)
"... at the reading-room to prevent the locofocos from destroying the vessel before
she should start on her first voyage. The Democrats, in the old gun house ..."
3. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin by State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1918)
"On motion, the meeting accepted the address and the committee were discharged.
WHAT locofocos CAN'T UNDERSTAND [August 4, ..."
4. The Junius Tracts by Calvin Colton (1844)
"It is perhaps true, that half of the Whig press, and half the Whigs in the land,
are at this time in the habit of calling the locofocos Democrats, ..."
5. Snyder County Annals: A Collection of All Kinds of Historical Items by George Washington Wagenseller, Clara R. Winey (1919)
"It also charges Bäum as, "one of the most unprincipled locofocos in ...
locofocos started a rumor that Mr. Boyer, the Whig nominee for sheriff, and Rev. ..."
6. History of Dorchester County, Maryland by Elias Jones (1902)
"In 1844 the Maryland Assembly consisted of 61 Whigs and 21 locofocos. In 1845,
43 Whigs and 39 locofocos. 1847, October 6. County vote for Governor: Whig, ..."
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