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(m g´w mps´´) (KEY) , slang term in U.S. political history for the Republicans who in 1884 deserted their party nominee, James G. Blaine, to vote for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. | 1 | | See L. W. Peterson, The Day of the Mugwump (1961). | 2 |
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