hundred-percenter

hundred-percenter
hun′dred-per•cent′er
[[t]pərˈsɛn tər[/t]] n.
a thoroughly patriotic, sometimes jingoistic person
Etymology: 1925–30, amer.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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