| Word | hustings |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A meeting or place at which political candidates address voters. |
| Sentence | In the heat of the suffrage campaigns, they learned how to perform on the hustings; land rhetorical blows; recruit allies in unlikely places; and bend the machinery of the statehouse, the church synod, and the union council to their purposes. |
| Source | The Atlantic, Jan. 2020 |
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