barrel-campaignn. in U.S. a political contest in which bribery is lavishly employed.
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barrel-campaign1884
1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 1 Nov. 1 We are accustomed to ‘barrel’ campaigns here. Nobody supposes this district to be Democratic, but the Democrats depend upon carrying it with money.