polling booth

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noun

a booth in which voters cast their votes.

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Origin of polling booth

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby polling booth

pollicitation, pollicization, pollinate, pollination, polling, polling booth, polling place, polling station, pollini-, polliniferous, pollinium
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British Dictionary definitions for polling booth

polling booth

noun

a semienclosed space in which a voter stands to mark a ballot paper during an election
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