hustings
IPA: hˈʌstɪŋz
noun
- A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
- (by extension) An election campaign.
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Examples of "hustings" in Sentences
- I always remember his hustings speech.
- At the moment the page looks like election hustings.
- It last appeared on the hustings in the 1963 election.
- The final hustings was held in London on 23 February 2006.
- The campaign was marked by a series of hustings around the UK.
- It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1916.
- Both candidates appeared at several hustings organised by the party.
- It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916.
- Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings.
- It made its only appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933.
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