/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Squib (A)
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A political joke, printed and circulated at election times against a candidate, with intent of bringing him into ridicule, and influencing votes.
“Parodies, lampoons, rightly named squibs, fire and brimstone, ending in smoke, with a villainous smell of saltpetre.”—Dean Hole: Rose-garden and Fulpit.
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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.
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