if-by-whiskey
(US, politics, of a speech, etc.) That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated alternatives is used as the defi
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(US, politics, of a speech, etc.) That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated alternatives is used as the definition of a key term.
2010, Carol Phillip-Tudor, ''The Boy, The Professor and Ella's Regret'', Dorrance Publishing Company (RoseDog Books), [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=80GENtCX4OkC&pg=PA103&dq=%22if-by-whiskey%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&v…
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