mainstreetingn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪnstriːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪnˌstridɪŋ/, Canadian English

/ˈmeinˌstriːdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: main street n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < main street n. + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps coined by J. G. Diefenbaker (1895–1979), Canadian statesman.

North American (chiefly Canadian).

Political campaigning in main streets to win electoral support.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > canvassing

canvassing1565

canvass1691

randing1842

mainstreeting1959

1959 Time (Canad. ed.) 17 Aug. 11/1 There were handshakes all round, a quiet afternoon walk that Dief loves to call ‘Main-streeting’.

1967 Canad. Ann. Rev. 1966 133 Duff Roblin, whose rural main~streeting, recorded bagpipe accompaniment, and unflagging oratory had won him his fourth personal victory in a row.

1971 Time 14 June 20 Boston has witnessed a merry binge of mainstreeting, leafletting and parties with some of the excitement of a mayoral election.

1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 June 8/3 New Democratic Party Leader David Lewis traded polemics with Parti Quebecois supporters in Montreal's working-class St. Jacques district yesterday before doing some mainstreeting not far from the area where he lived as a young immigrant half a century ago.

1993 Georgia Straight 15 Oct. 9/2 Vancouver Centre is home to a lot of undecided voters. Phoning and main-streeting three weeks before the election suggested that about 40 to 45 percent of voters were still uncommitted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mainstreeting
释义	mainstreetingn. Brit. /ˈmeɪnstriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪnˌstridɪŋ/, Canadian English /ˈmeinˌstriːdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: main street n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < main street n. + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps coined by J. G. Diefenbaker (1895–1979), Canadian statesman. North American (chiefly Canadian). Political campaigning in main streets to win electoral support. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > canvassing canvassing1565 canvass1691 randing1842 mainstreeting1959 1959 Time (Canad. ed.) 17 Aug. 11/1 There were handshakes all round, a quiet afternoon walk that Dief loves to call ‘Main-streeting’. 1967 Canad. Ann. Rev. 1966 133 Duff Roblin, whose rural main~streeting, recorded bagpipe accompaniment, and unflagging oratory had won him his fourth personal victory in a row. 1971 Time 14 June 20 Boston has witnessed a merry binge of mainstreeting, leafletting and parties with some of the excitement of a mayoral election. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 June 8/3 New Democratic Party Leader David Lewis traded polemics with Parti Quebecois supporters in Montreal's working-class St. Jacques district yesterday before doing some mainstreeting not far from the area where he lived as a young immigrant half a century ago. 1993 Georgia Straight 15 Oct. 9/2 Vancouver Centre is home to a lot of undecided voters. Phoning and main-streeting three weeks before the election suggested that about 40 to 45 percent of voters were still uncommitted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959
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