smoke-filled room
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noun
a place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc.
Origin:
1915–20
1915–20
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smoke-filled room definition
A popular expression used to describe a place where the political wheeling and dealing of machine bosses (see machine politics) is conducted. The image originated during the Republican presidential nominating convention of 1920, in which Warren G. Harding emerged as a dark horse candidate.
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Smoke-filled room
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He had to grope among a maze of electrical wires covered with fire extinguisher foam in a smoke-filled room.
Instead, they get to send delegates into a smoke-filled room from which a coalition government will at some point emerge.
She and her sister ran from the smoke-filled room to find their sleeping parents.
The cameras enable firefighters to see heat instead of light in a smoke-filled room.
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