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(desire for political power): In reference to the Potomac river running through Washington, D.C., seat of US politics.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Synonym of Potomac horse fever. Full definition →
(desire for political power): In reference to the Potomac river running through Washington, D.C., seat of US politics.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.