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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

pollice verso, pollicitation, pollinate, pollination, polling, polling booth, polling place, polling station, pollini-, polliniferous, pollinium

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How to use polling booth in a sentence

As we enter a new year, pushback against delivery apps and predatory practices is growing — in courtrooms, polling booths, and within restaurants and their customer base.
Who’s Paying for the Great Delivery Wars?|Jaya Saxena|January 21, 2021|Eater
He added that whoever had a score to settle with the government should do so at the polling booth at local elections on March 30.
Turkey Sacks Police Chiefs After Arrests Target Politicians’ Families|Thomas Seibert|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For example, upon exiting the polling booth he sang the Israeli national anthem, HaTikva.
Voting By Process Of Elimination|Elisheva Goldberg|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When he got into the polling booth, he pretended to be bewildered about whom to choose, and demanded the precinct worker tell him.
Florida’s Messy Democracy|Winston Ross|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

But when it came to the polling booth this enthusiasm evaporated.
Britain's Bloody Mess|Andrew Roberts|May 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If I went into the polling booth today, I would pull the lever for John McCain.
The Man Who Helped Drive Powell Away From His Party|Max Blumenthal|October 22, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The red herring of annexation was drawn across the trail, and many a farmer followed it to the polling booth.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
He represents that vast army of electors whom neither canvasser nor caucus has ever yet cajoled or bullied into a polling-booth.
Obiter Dicta|Augustine Birrell
They would drive the Presbyterians from the bench and the polling-booth as the Presbyterians had driven them.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)|John Richard Green
Thomas Brogan dare not leave the polling-booth for his life, until Mr. Carew took him on his car.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Instead of the polling-booth, where nothing counts but heads, you would set for the two parties another trysting place.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

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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