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cabinetable en · ADJ

Etymology

From cabinet + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be appointed to a cabinet position of government without arousing controversy.
   • The same persons in the Agrarian and Social-Democratic parties remained perpetually “cabinetable.” 1963, Joseph A. Mikuš, Slovakia: A Political History: 1918-1950, page 23:
   • But his position of cabinetable politician was protracted until after the war, for Brătianu himself was far from insensible to Saint Aulaire's arguments, and war on Germany was declared. 1977, Francisc Păcurariu, The Labyrinth, page 94:
   • But he will be as cabinetable after the catastrophe as he was before. 1898 July 30, Rene Doumic, “The Cabinetable Man”, in The Living Age, volume 218, number 2821, page 343:

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