party cry
Example Sentences
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It was a "party cry" to insist on all occasions upon the trouble which he took in his "trade of King" and the great fatigues which he endured for the public good.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
Responsible government had ceased to be a party cry and had become the common heritage of all Canadians.
From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
Lady Tyrrell—all the ladies, in fact—have set their minds on it, and if I objected there would instantly be a party cry against me, and that is the one thing I have always avoided.”
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
It believed the denunciation to be a mere party cry, a scream of disappointment and impotence from those who held no places and controlled no patronage.
From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander
It is the least vulnerable of the three, and for this reason it is the least fitted to furnish a party cry.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
