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Washington Irving on Government

1783–1859 United States

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No sooner does he hear any of his brothers mention reform or retrenchment, than up he jumps.

His wife "ruled the roost," and in governing the governor, governed the province, which might thus be said to be under petticoat government.

Knickerbocker's History of New York (1809)

There was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was petticoat government.

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