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nosecount

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[nohz-kount] / ˈnoʊzˌkaʊnt /

noun

Informal.

  1. the counting of individual persons, as for a census.

Etymology

Origin of nosecount

First recorded in 1935–40; nose + count 1

Example Sentences

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Neither wind nor rain nor flagpole-sitters stopped most of the nation's 140,000 census enumerators last week, but the biggest nosecount in U.S. history was not without its moments of travail.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an advance nosecount, the coalition could only muster 209 votes for Landrum-Griffin�ten short of the 219 needed to win.

From Time Magazine Archive

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