bushbeater
noun
a person who conducts a thorough search to recruit talented people, as for an athletic team.
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Burke, a habitually effortless winner of Cleveland's mayoralty, found bushbeating all over Ohio a chore, while Bender sang and shouted his way through all 88 counties.
From Time Magazine Archive
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