faggot vote

noun

(formerly) a vote created by the allotting of property to a person to give him the status of an elector

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Word Origin for faggot vote

C19: perhaps from the former use of faggot 1 meaning a person spuriously entered on a military roll

Words nearby faggot vote

fag end, fag hag, fagaceous, faggi, faggot, faggot vote, faggoting, faggotry, faggy, fagin, fagiolo
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