subs. (colloquial).—1. A conditional ally in passing a bill through the Legislature without reference to the merits or demerits of the measure so advanced; and (2) a venal critic assistant or friend. See LOG-ROLLING.
1885. The Field, 19 Dec. But some very good contracts can be made, so that the LOGROLLERS are pleased, and also the ignorant, to whose folly the defences are ostensibly a tribute.
1890. W. G. BLACK (in Notes and Queries, 7th S. ix. 106). Dryden presents the alternatives very clearly. If the literary friend does not praise his comrade’s work, he must, of course, be dumb with envy; if he does praise it, then he is a ‘LOG-ROLLER.’
1895. Star, LOGROLLER (a constant signature).
