Lib, n.3 Pol. colloq. (orig. Brit.)
(lɪb)
Also lib.
[Abbrev. of liberal a. and n. B.]
= liberal a. and n. B, in various senses. Freq. in Comb. with the name of another political party: see also Lib-Lab a.
| 1885 Punch 8 Aug. 61/1 ‘Tory-demmycrat’ sounds nice and harmless, but if it means simply cold scran From the Rad's broken-wittel bag, drat it! far better the Libs' Grand Old Man. 1910 Lloyd George Let. 15 Dec. in Family Lett. (1973) 154 One Lib gain on balance today—so we are now one ahead. 1959 Punch 28 Oct. 360/3 Are you now in favour of a Lab-Lib hook-up? 1966 Listener 24 Nov. 781/3 His plots are banal, his views a wishy-washy lib-con pink. 1973 Washington Post 5 Jan. b1/1 He seems to think the senatorial libs just couldn't get it through their thick heads that in reality the Family Assistance Plan was another three banana jackpot for bureaucratic liberalism. 1986 Sun (Melbourne) 10 Jan. 8 (heading) Libs create an albatross for their electoral necks. |