whiggery (hwigeri)

[ whiggery I'll hae nae whiggery in the barony of Tillietudlem - the next thing wad be to set up a conventicle in my very with drawing room. Scott , Old Mortality, vii. Our friend was a hearty toper in the days of his Whiggery , but no sooner turned one of the tautest of Tories than he took to the teapot. It seems a thing against nature. Noctes Ambrosianæ, Sept., 1832.