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HUSTINGS
hustings
(noun) the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hustings (plural hustings)
A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
(by extension) An election campaign.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
hustings
plural of husting
Anagrams
• unsights
Source: Wiktionary
Hus"tings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h; h home + thing, assembly, meeting; akin to Dan. & Sw. ting, E. thing. See House, and Thing.]
1. A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant. Mozley & W.
2. Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
3. The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [Eng.] When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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