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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