A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
1 A ward - heeler cadging votes for a Milwaukee alderman never wheedled more gingerly.
2 It is bad to elevate the mind of the average ward - heeler ?
3 And Blount knew the disappearance was real, because the ward-heeler's own henchmen were searching for him.
4 A very good sample was the notorious Yankee Sullivan, an ex-prize-fighter, ward - heeler , ballot-box stuffer, and shoulder-striker.
5 If you tried to vote some ward - heeler would challenge you and you'd like as not be hauled off to the lock-up.
6 A choice haul was made of the lesser lights of the ward - heelers and chief politicians.
7 We were swaggering about like ward - heelers , when on the afternoon of the 5th the unexpected again happened.
8 He cries aloud in the market-place, and rogues and ward - heelers , and evil-minded politicians, group themselves around him.
9 "They've got my number," said the ward - heeler , in a convict whisper which was little more than a facial contortion.
10 "Under the guise of studying me and my machine," he said, "you've been using it to train speakers, and to educate ward - heelers .
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