American political movement and party in the 19th century with anti-catholic tendency.
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Examples for "know-nothings "
Examples for "know-nothings "
1 A draft dodger who pays his first-year know - nothings more than I'll ever make.
2 For the Tinsel Town know - nothings who inhabit Hollywood, electing B.H.O.
3 It's easy to dismiss boomers as know - nothings -but they got some things right, OK?
4 They were know - nothings , as a matter of fact.
5 It included whigs, democrats, free-soilers, abolitionists, and know - nothings .
1 They know nothing beyond their assigned tasks when the attack takes place.
2 I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
3 How could local authorities and communities have managed, apparently, to know nothing ?
4 Of course we can know nothing of the details of the encounter.
5 I've been here long enough to know nothing in Africa happens fast.
1 The Know-Nothing American Party nominated Fillmore at their convention in February.
2 The "Know-Nothings" were also called the " American Party , " and their motto was "America for Americans."
3 Argument made for the '' American Party . ' '
4 Mr. Simons, nevertheless, presents this "reformism" as the proper policy for the American Party at its present stage:-
5 The 1850s saw the rise of the American Party , better known as the "Know Nothings," that were staunchly anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.
1 For a time the Native American party seemed likely to take the place of the moribund Whig party.
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