standpatter

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Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, runs the old standpatter against liberalizing practically anything.

From Time Magazine Archive

No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents.

From Time Magazine Archive

During her campaign she made no speeches, announced the following platform: "First, I am a Christian; second, I am an American, and third, I am a Republican and a standpatter, too."

From Time Magazine Archive

In farming as in politics Washington was no standpatter.

From George Washington: Farmer by Haworth, Paul Leland

Every man in the world must be in some respect a standpatter.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood