Tricky Dick

English

Etymology

Coined in the 1950 Californian Senate election, due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat. Later associated with the Watergate scandal.

Proper noun

Tricky Dick

  1. (slang, historical) Richard Nixon.
    • 1950 June 5, Veterans Democratic Committee, “Warning to All Democrats!”, in Los Angeles Daily News:
      Look at “Tricky Dick” Nixon's Republican Record!
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