Definitionadv. in a disrespectful and mocking manner
Last update: November 1, 2015
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These men and their followers were never weary of ridiculing the timid caution of the aged statesman who sacrificed everything to perpetuate an inglorious peace and derisively nicknamed his adherents " Night-caps " (a term subsequently softened into " Caps "), themselves adopting the sobriquet " Hats," from the threecornered hat worn by officers and gentlemen, which was considered happily to hit off the manly self-assertion of the opposition. [Please select]
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This occasioned its terrors to be received derisively. [Please select]