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loco-foco
loco-foco U.S. (ˈləʊkəʊˈfəʊkəʊ) [An invented word; it is not known what suggested the formation. It has been conjectured that loco was taken from locomotive, wrongly imagined to mean ‘self-moving’; foco may be a jingling alteration of It. fuoco or Sp. fuego fire (the inventor would hardly think of L... Oxford English Dictionary
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Locofocos
Origin of name The name Loco-foco was originally used by John Marck for a self-igniting cigar, which he had patented in April 1834. wikipedia.org
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loco
▪ I. loco, n.1 U.S. (ˈləʊkəʊ) [A use of Sp. loco insane, mad.] a. One of several leguminous plants (chiefly species of Astragalus) found in the western and south-western U.S., which, when eaten by cattle, produce loco-disease. More fully loco-plant, loco-weed.1879 Special Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Gorham Parks
He was a local leader of the Loco-foco or radical faction of the Democratic Party, which was anti-bank, anti-paper money, and anti-monopoly. wikipedia.org
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torch-light
ˈtorch-ˌlight a. The light of a torch; illumination by a torch or torches.c 1425 Brut ccxliii. 367 He was brouȝt to London on an hors beere, with myche torche lyghte. 1470–85 Malory Arthur xvii. ii. 691 The mayde..armed hym by torche lyght. 1555 Coventry Leet Bk. 813 Euery of them to haue a man weyt... Oxford English Dictionary
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Van Brugh Livingston
Webster forwarded the letter to President Fillmore, who wrote: "I do not see how we can appoint a loco-foco, M.F." wikipedia.org
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rooster
rooster Chiefly U.S. and dial. (ˈruːstə(r)) [f. roost n.1 + -er1.] 1. a. A cock.1772 A. G. Winslow Diary 14 Mar. (1894) 45 Their other dish..contain'd a number of roast fowls—half a dozen, we suppose, & all roosters at this season no doubt. 1806 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 22 July 227 (Th.), The New York... Oxford English Dictionary
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New York gubernatorial elections
Result Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1852) (giving wrong number of votes for Smith, "2496" is a typo) see also The History of the Loco-foco wikipedia.org
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Political career of John C. Breckinridge
A letter from Breckinridge's brother-in-law related that, when Breckinridge's uncle William learned that his nephew had "become loco-foco", he said, "I wikipedia.org
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