congresscritter

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noun

A congressperson.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nouncongresscritter (plural congresscritters)

plural congresscritters

  1. USderogatoryhumorousslangA congressperson.

    Shaw whistled respectfully at that. "All that for one senator and one congresscritter?"

    1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears
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    I expect NASA has some nominal charge for SPINOFF 1976, but you could probably get one free through your Congresscritter.

    1976 December, Jerry Pournelle, “That Buck Rogers Stuff”, in Galaxy, page 45

    Lobbyist Alice can transfer digital cash to Congresscritter Bob so that newspaper reporter Eve does not know Alice's identity.

    1996, Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, John Wiley & Sons, page 139

    You don't have to be a Fortune 500 firm's chief economist (heck, you don't even need to know any more economics than a Congresscritter, ie, virtually none), to see that these spreads had to change [...]

    2003, S.A. Johnston, Trading Options to Win, John Wiley & Sons, page 254

Origin

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Chicago

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