The campaign slogan read, "Vote for Gean," but the snollygoster deablo D., couldn't take the heat and made irattic remarks to suit his own election to the courts.
A 19th century coinage, meaning a crooked and flamboyant politician. Later, in Maryland folklore, a monster half bird and half snake, that was used to frighten ex-slaves out of voting.
George W. Bush in only the latest in a longline of snollygosters who have occupied the White House.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.