n. a derogatory name for the Tory Party in the Canadas.
- 1833  In this Country and in the Province generally there can be only one division of party;--Whig against Tory--Reformists against Corruptionists--Economy against Extravagance--public good against private interest--the natural rights of the many against the usurped rights of the few.
- 1865  The Globe's scoundrels, the Globe's corruptionists, the Globe's political harpies that preyed upon the vitals of this country, so frightened the people of this fine county that every story was swallowed without salt, and they voted blind for the Globe's Mahomet.