Warm Reception (A)
. A hot opposition. Also, a hearty welcome.
“The Home Rule members are prepared to give the Coercion Bill a warm reception; Mr. Parnell’s followers will oppose it tooth and nail.”—Newspaper paragraph, May 19th, 1885.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.