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1. Adullamite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...In biblical use, or allusions to this: a native or inhabitant of the Canaanite city of Adullam; (also) a frequenter of the nearby cave of Adullam, where a group discontented with the...
2. America First, phr. and adj. View full entry 1915
...A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’....
3. Anzus, n. View full entry 1952
...The combination of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States for the security of the Pacific, usu. attrib. in Anzus Alliance, Anzus Council, Anzus Pact...
4. Asquithian, adj. and n. View full entry 1910
...Pertaining to, resembling, or supporting Asquith as leader of the Liberal party or, later, as leader of a group of the divided party....
5. badge, n. View full entry 1440
...Originally: a heraldic symbol worn as an identifying mark by a knight and his retainers (= cognizance5a; sometimes more fully badge of arms). In later use: any...
6. Barebone's Parliament, n. View full entry 1657
...= little Parliamentlittle....
7. Bennite, adj. and n. View full entry 1975
...Of or pertaining to the Labour politician Tony Benn (b. 1925); supporting Mr. Benn, the left-wing policies associated with him, or such policies in general....
8. Bevanism, n. View full entry 1951
...The political policy expounded by, or associated with, Aneurin Bevan (18971960), Labour politician and leader of a left-wing group within the Labour Party; advocacy of this policy....
9. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
10. Bircher, n.2 View full entry 1961
...A member or supporter of the John Birch Society, an extreme right-wing American organization founded in 1958 by Robert Welch....
11. Blairism, n. View full entry 1994
...The policies and principles advocated by Tony Blair. Cf. ThatcherismThatcherite....
12. Blairist, adj. View full entry 1994
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Tony Blair or his policies....
13. Blairite, adj. and n. View full entry 1993
...Or, relating to, or characteristic of Tony Blair or his policies....
14. Blanquism, n. View full entry 1922
...The doctrine or practice of Blanqui and his followers (see quots.)....
15. Bolo, n.2 View full entry 1917
...One who pursues antipatriotic ‘underground’ activities like those of Paul Bolo; one suspected of engaging in pacifist propaganda in favour of Germany during the war of 191418....
16. Bork, v. View full entry 1987
...trans. To defame or vilify (a person) systematically, esp. in the mass media, usually with the aim of preventing his or her appointment to public office; to obstruct or thwart (a...
17. Bourbon, n. View full entry 1768
...A member of the family which long held the thrones of France and Naples, and until 1931 that of Spain; also fig. as in quot. 1873,...
18. Brummagem, n. and adj. View full entry 1637
...A local vulgar form of the name of the town of Birmingham, in England. Hence (contemptuously), An article of Birmingham manufacture: spec....
19. Brunswick, n.1 View full entry 1480
...A kind of textile fabric. Obs....
20. Bukharinism, n. View full entry 1949
...The political principles of Bukharin....