swingometer
Britishnoun
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Jeremy Vine – and the famous swingometer – will be broadcasting from Cardiff, Kirsty Wark from Glasgow, and Andrea Catherwood from Belfast.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
One letter included a sketch of a "pendulum device": the swingometer.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
Between elections, he spent time in America - serving as personal assistant to the British ambassador - and took his swingometer to Australia.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
Forecasters would do well to adopt Peter Snow's phrase about election night swingometer extrapolations: "Remember, this is just a bit of fun."No one ever watched that and thought it was the result.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010
Novelist Bernhard Schlink talked illuminatingly about German history, while Peter Snow bowled everyone ginormous questions with the same infectious zest he once reserved for his swingometer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2010
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