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whistle-stop

Translation
whistle-stop
/hwis"euhl stop', wis"-/, v., whistle-stopped, whistle-stopping, adj.
v.i.
1. to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
2. to take a trip consisting of several brief, usually overnight, stops.
adj.
3. occurring at a whistle stop; consisting of whistle stops: a whistle-stop speech; a whistle-stop tour of the Northwest.
[1950-55]

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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