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Grit(t)ism 
n. Hist. the principles and policies of the Clear Grits; the platform of the Clear Grit Party.
See also: Clear Gritism
- 1858 (1905) The charge of "Gritism" or "Brownism," I thought nothing of, just as I had made up my mind to disregard any and every other party name as only embarrassing.
- 1884 If their howling be analyzed it will be found to consist of Mischief 24, Grittism, 65, Wind 10, Patriotism 1.
- 1908 From the early days of Ontario Gritism I had . . . urged the adoption of the ballot. . . .
- 1935 In Toronto the Grit movement found an incomparable leader with an incomparable organ through which the gospel of Grittism might be preached--George Brown and his Globe.
- 1858 (1905) The charge of "Gritism" or "Brownism," I thought nothing of, just as I had made up my mind to disregard any and every other party name as only embarrassing.