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Definition of Hoodwinkers
1. hoodwinker [n] - See also: hoodwinker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodwinkers
Literary usage of Hoodwinkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Readings in Economics by Charles Jesse Bullock (1907)
"... show up as a highly respectable figure compared with the social democratic
parasites, hoodwinkers of the people, a majority of idlers and sluggards. ..."
2. Socialism by Robert Flint (1906)
"... show up as a highly respectable figure compared with the Social Democratic
parasites, hoodwinkers of the people, a majority of idlers and sluggards. ..."
3. The Impossibility of Social Democracy: Being a Supplement to "The by Albert Schäffle (1892)
"«9 as a highly respectable figure compared with the Social Democratic parasites,
hoodwinkers of the people, a majority of idlers and sluggards. ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1849)
"... on the most fortunate players at the game of cut-throats, and on clever
hoodwinkers who have grovelled their way up through duplicity and chicanery. ..."
5. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1849)
"... on the most fortunate players at the game of cut-throats, and on clever
hoodwinkers who have grovelled their way up through duplicity and chicanery. ..."
6. Socialism: A Speech Delivered in Faneuil Hall, February 7th, 1903, by by Frederic Jesup Stimson (1903)
"Marx's vampire, " the Capitalist," would show up as a highly respectable figure
compared with the Social Democratic parasites, hoodwinkers of the people, ..."
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