Word: muddler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cricket Spirit." In characteristic vein Mr. Baldwin and his No. 2 Muddler, the Rt. Hon. James Henry ("Jim") Thomas, onetime engine greaser, now Secretary for the Dominions, permitted themselves to be interviewed by the Canadian Press...
Interrupting Muddler Thomas at this point by a tap upon the knee, Muddler Baldwin interjected, "We were never in that crowd...
Strictly interpreted, this sentence is nonsense. It bears the unmistakable imprint of Mr. Baldwin's loose thought. Being used to the Grand Old Muddler, the entire British press assumed that by "in India" he meant "on India" which would make sense, and mean that the Conservative Party had resolved to have no more truck with half-naked St. Gandhi and his crew...