Locofoco

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English

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Etymology

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From locofoco (a match); the term originated when a group of New York Jacksonians used such matches to light candles to continue a political meeting after Tammany men tried to break up the meeting by turning off the gaslights.

Noun

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Locofoco (plural Locofocos)

  1. (US, politics, historical) A member of a faction of the US Democratic Party in the early 1800s, formed in New York City as a protest against that city's regular Democratic organization, Tammany Hall.