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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He was mad with President Wilson, and he prophesied a great awakening when Uncle Sam got up against John Bull in Europe and found out the kind of standpatter he was.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

White is a progressive; Mason is a standpatter.

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian