BABY DOLL by Tennessee Williamsを読んでいます。ARCHIEの商売敵が一周年記念のパーティを催しています。
A band is playing 'Mississippi Millions Love You', the state song, which is being sung by an emotional spinster. Several public officials are present, not all of them happy to be there as the county has a strongly divided attitude towards the Syndicate-owned plantation. Some old ward heeler is reeling onto the speaker's platform and a signal is given to stop the band music.
"ward heeler" が演台に上がったとありますが、"ward heeler" とは何ものでしょうか？
・Collins English Dictionary: (US, politics, derogatory) a party worker who canvasses votes and performs chores for a political boss Also called: heeler
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: a worker for a political boss in a ward or other local area
・Vocabulary.com: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
・Political Dictionary: a low-level political functionary in a ward. A ward is a district of a city or town for administrative or voting purposes. Heeler is an allusion to a dog that obeys its master when called to heel. A ward heeler might solicit votes for his party or perform small tasks for his political bosses. The term is used contemptuously, implying that the ward heeler is a subservient hanger-on of politicans more important than himself.
日本にもこの手の政治家、あるいは政治家志望の秘書がいますね。
Note: "heel": used for ordering a dog that is walking with you to follow close behind your heels
A band is playing 'Mississippi Millions Love You', the state song, which is being sung by an emotional spinster. Several public officials are present, not all of them happy to be there as the county has a strongly divided attitude towards the Syndicate-owned plantation. Some old ward heeler is reeling onto the speaker's platform and a signal is given to stop the band music.
"ward heeler" が演台に上がったとありますが、"ward heeler" とは何ものでしょうか？
・Collins English Dictionary: (US, politics, derogatory) a party worker who canvasses votes and performs chores for a political boss Also called: heeler
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: a worker for a political boss in a ward or other local area
・Vocabulary.com: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
・Political Dictionary: a low-level political functionary in a ward. A ward is a district of a city or town for administrative or voting purposes. Heeler is an allusion to a dog that obeys its master when called to heel. A ward heeler might solicit votes for his party or perform small tasks for his political bosses. The term is used contemptuously, implying that the ward heeler is a subservient hanger-on of politicans more important than himself.
日本にもこの手の政治家、あるいは政治家志望の秘書がいますね。
Note: "heel": used for ordering a dog that is walking with you to follow close behind your heels
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