A political organization. Usually in a bad sense.
1876. He encountered the combinations inside politics,—the machine. It belongs to every party in power. Its corruptions increase with years, and its strength does not decay with age.—North American Review, cxxiii. 327. (N.E.D.)
1888. Bryce’s ‘American Commonwealth.’ (N.E.D.)
1911. Six years ago, William H. Taft bravely denounced the Cox machine in Cincinnati; to-day he openly endorses its candidate on the plea that the situation has “changed.”—N.Y. Evening Post, Nov. 6.
