electioneer
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Origin of electioneer
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He embraced new words like electioneer and snack, repurposed old words like congress, and included slang like ain’t.
From Time ● May 12, 2015
While employers can electioneer among their employees with near impunity under federal law, some state laws do place curbs or prohibitions on the practice.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2014
They electioneer from a limousine, confounding tattered hecklers with the question: "Why shouldn't we be comfortable?"
From Time Magazine Archive
"I never felt it was good taste to go out and electioneer for my husband," she wrote.
From Time Magazine Archive
And thereupon he and Spouter and a number of others set to work to electioneer for Jack as hard as they could.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Edward Stratemeyer
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