Tricky Dick
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in the 1950 Californian Senate election, due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat, and later associated with the Watergate scandal.
Proper noun
[edit]- (slang, historical) A nickname used to refer to former U.S. president Richard Nixon (1969-1974).
- 1950 June 5, Veterans Democratic Committee, “Warning to All Democrats!”, in Los Angeles Daily News:
- Look at “Tricky Dick” Nixon's Republican Record!