ward heeler

To get judgeships, they contribute to the political ward heelers.

And that sometimes required the jocular tones of a ward heeler.

"A good turnout of ward heelers as well," I said, pointing.

In many urban areas, ward heelers also serve as precinct captains.

It's a chore-but without such background you are merely a skilled ward heeler.

Big-city bosses and ward heelers passed from the scene.

New Yorkers approach him with the kinds of questions that ward heelers deal with in most big cities.

You are likely to remain a two-bit, or at best a four-bit, ward heeler the rest of your life.

Still, they could have been old-time Chicago ward heelers looking out for the neighborhood when a little pork barrel was at stake.

Nothing gets past this charming ward heeler.

On one crucial ballot, there were more votes cast than delegates present, enough of them to make a Chicago ward heeler proud.

But don't be a paid ward heeler!

But he was also worldly; he talked like a ward heeler, knew everyone's name and understood the importance of alliances.

A ward heeler may have controlling influence with a small clique in the ward organization of a political party.

They both had very little about the actual murder, but a great deal about the political aspects of the death of a ward heeler.

Uncharacteristically, they are marketing the referendum with the ardor and tactics of Chicago ward heelers in a tight race.

Ward heelers were a feature of Tammany Hall corrupt politics in the 19th century.

Now and then Tamiroff bursts into his native tongue, but he can handle ward heeler lingo, too.

"We may be shot as spies or deported as undesirable aliens; but shaped up by ward heelers, never!"

Ward heelers weep.

So how was this ink-stained, highly educated greenhorn supposed to get along with Chicago ward heelers and conservative downstate farmers?

In New York, he has formed an unlikely political cluster that will never be accused of providing safe haven for ward heelers or clubhouse hacks.

The Irish in this novel are beginning to turn into the ward heelers and sporting figures of Mr. Kennedy's previous books.

But 20 years ago ward heelers from New York to Chicago got paid good money to keep the faces of rival candidates out of view, too.

Petty examples of illegal acts which a ward heeler might do include tearing down an opposition party's posters or coordinating the retail buying of votes.