toutingn.
/ˈtaʊtɪŋ/ The action of tout v.1
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > solicitation of support, custom, etc.
solicitude1556
canvassing1565
appealing1600
labouring1619
touting1731
canvass1790
1731 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 399/1 Soon as they set Eyes on you, off flies the Hat, Does your Honour want this, does your Honour want that?.. Now this, please your Honour, is what we call Tooting, A Trick in your Custom to get the first footing.
1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Antiquities 149/2 Tooting at Tunbridge-wells means..inviting and bringing guests to their master's house.
1820 W. C. Oulton Pict. Margate 47 This practice, called by the inhabitants touting, is exceedingly troublesome to strangers upon their first landing at Margate.
1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5/1 If there was any touting for the Irish vote at York.
1894 M. H. Hayes Among Men & Horses (ed. 2) vi. 93 The disease of touting is endemic in Newmarket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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ˈtouting
ˈtouting adj.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > soliciting custom
touting1812
canvassing1865
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 283 An object worthy the consideration of the touting firm.
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