saw-off

In it they mention how in the early days of the CCF Tommy and others would do what they called a "saw-off" in which different parties would agree not to run candidates against one another in certain riding's in an effort to defeat the Liberals.

Harper Burns The Reichstag ... er ... Locks The Doors Of Parliament 2008

In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the Conservatives took the most seats but the popular vote was a saw-off; the Conservatives won a three-way split with less than half the popular vote.

did the "west" really "want in?" daveberta 2006

- Successively loosen, saw-off and drive-in again the wedges, one after another.

Chapter 8 Rolf Becher 1993

Prepare and saw-off flat aluminium bar in the same manner.

Chapter 3 B. Zierenberg 1990

To practise straight saw-off cuts in several steps on U-sections and tubes.

Chapter 4 B. Zierenberg 1990

The rider with the saw-off shot-gun was still within hearing.

The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Willard F. Baker

Back of Delton Bud saw another man -- and after a moment he recognized him as the cowboy with the saw-off shot-gun who had warned them away from the Shooting Star.

The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers Willard F. Baker

Some one getting married -- or a legacy, or a saw-off?

Northern Lights, Volume 4. Gilbert Parker 1897

Some one getting married -- or a legacy, or a saw-off?

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Some one getting married -- or a legacy, or a saw-off?

Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897