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- noun US, dated A minor
railway station at which atrain would stop if requested
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
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Examples
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Paul, quirky as ever, taking a two-day break at home in Texas while others slogged it out on the campaign trail, returned to action on Monday, attracting hundreds to what he described as a whistlestop event in the centre of Des Moines.
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Paul and his son, senator Rand Paul, are on what his campaign describe as a 'whistlestop' tour.
Iowa GOP caucus 2012: Romney, Santorum and Paul sprint to the finish 2012
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And as part of our "whistlestop" tour, we met two masters who, before demonstrating their skills, performed a sort of national anthem on castanets and drum.
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And as part of our "whistlestop" tour, we met two masters who, before demonstrating their skills, performed a sort of national anthem on castanets and drum.
Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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After months of debate over whether she would or would not run, the charismatic but divisive 2008 vice-presidential nominee took a major step toward launching a presidential bid this weekend with the start of her "One Nation" bus tour of America's east coast, which has all the hallmarks – including the red, white and blue bunting on the bus – of an old fashioned whistlestop campaign tour.
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Despite holding a whistlestop campaign rally in the corner of an aircraft hangar on the outskirts of Charleston airport, Ron Paul still managed to attract about 100 supporters and half as many journalists this morning.
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I did a whistlestop tour in the Midwest on the back of an old train.
Emmy Nominee Ty Burrell: Community Deserved to Be Nominated 2011
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In this whistlestop hour of Prince's life many other milliseconds made me squeak with glee.
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Bernette's whistlestop tour of Jewish tradition is joyful.
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Hitching's whistlestop literary guide is often insightful and his advice hilariously deadpan, says Emily Stokes
sionnach commented on the word whistlestop
A whistlestop or whistlestop tour is a style of political campaigning where the politician makes a series of brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short period of time. Originally, whistlestops were conducted from the caboose of a locomotive.
January 22, 2008