Word: tater
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Richard Acland, 15th baronet of his line, who got 24,692 votes against 23,017 for his Tory opponent Frank Taylor. The Conservative appeal in suburban Gravesend, a Tory stronghold until the Labor victory in 1945, had been directed mainly at the housewives. Taylor became known as "Tater Taylor" because he lugged his 3-lb. weekly spud ration around with him on the hustings. The housewives were disgusted enough with shortages,* but not enough of them saw any reason to suppose that Tory M.P.s would furnish more potatoes than Laborites...