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WHISTLE-STOP TOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited
Example:
in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whistle-stop tour" is a kind of...):
circuit; tour (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area)
Holonyms ("whistle-stop tour" is a part of...):
campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
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