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Synonyms for locofoco


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loh-koh-foh-koh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌloʊ koʊˈfoʊ koʊ



Définition of locofoco

  • As in friction match : noun match lit by striking
Example sentences :
  • But now, should you go thither to seek him, you would inquire in vain for the Locofoco Surveyor.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Four or five years afterward their enemies invented for their benefit the meaningless and hideous word "Locofoco."
  • Extract from : « The Life Of Abraham Lincoln » by Ward H. Lamon
  • A Locofoco is the only intelligible term: a fellow that would set any place on fire to roast his own eggs.
  • Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • You would find a Locofoco majority as much addicted to Class Legislation as a factitious aristocracy.
  • Extract from : « Coningsby » by Benjamin Disraeli

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