SILVER GREYS
\sˈɪlvə ɡɹˈe͡ɪz], \sˈɪlvə ɡɹˈeɪz], \s_ˈɪ_l_v_ə ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_z]\
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A nickname applied to the conservative element of the Whig party, because many of them withdrew from a meeting owing to a disagreeable measure. Some one remarked: "There go the ‘ Silver Greys,'" (they were gray-haired respectabilities), and the expression became a sobriquet.
By John Franklin Jameson
