whistle stop
noun
a small, unimportant town, especially one along a railroad line.
whistle-stopping
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present participleof whistle-stop.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"What's the word for this trip?" asked newsmen of Harry Truman as he for three days of whistle-stopping in New England and New York.
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Besides last week's whistle-stopping, both girls have appeared regularly at weekend political rallies and cookouts all over the country.
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The Knowlands packed their bags, set off from their Oakland home for a two-month, 140-speech whistle-stopping "Report to the People of California."
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There will be far less whistle-stopping and fewer talks with local bosses, now that TV is out of the bush league of politicking.
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While the old-fashioned whistle stop did not seem the right way to campaign in streamlined 1952, there was far more whistle-stopping and more public response to it than ever before.
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