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A party in North America opposed to the strict Sabbatarian observance. So called because they wear high white caps. First heard of at Oakwaville, Illinois.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.