单词 | hustings |
释义 | hust·ings ![]() pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. a. A place where political campaign speeches are made: a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt. b. The activities involved in political campaigning: a veteran of the hustings. 2. Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London. 3. Chiefly British a. A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors. b. The proceedings of a parliamentary election. [From Middle English husting, court of common pleas, from Old English hūsting, court, from Old Norse hūsthing : hūs, house + thing, assembly.] |
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