Tricky Dick en · PROPN
Etymology
Coined in the 1950 United States Senate election in California due to allegations Nixon was deliberately misrepresenting himself as a Democrat. Later associated with the Watergate scandal.
Meanings
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(historical, slang) Nickname for Richard Nixon (1913–1994), president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Look at “Tricky Dick” Nixon's Republican Record!
1950 June 5, Veterans Democratic Committee, “Warning to All Democrats!”, in Los Angeles Daily News: