单词 | faggot voting |
释义 | > as lemmasˈfaggot ˌvoting ˈfaggot ˌvoting n. the action or practice of contriving votes for a particular candidate or party by nominally transferring property in order to entitle men who are not otherwise qualified to vote.In quot. 1914 with reference to hypothetical female voters. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting faggot voting1835 faggotry1841 repeating1888 protest voting1935 ticket-splitting1957 tactical voting1974 1835 Lancaster Gaz. 25 July Fagot Voting... The system pursued by the Duke of Bedford in Huntingdonshire, where his Grace's forty tenants are facetiously called ‘the forty thieves’. 1914 C. Lytton in C. Lytton & J. Warton Prison & Prisoners xv. 312 The [Conciliation] Bill..was slightly modified in 1911, so as to remove any reasonable fear of plural or faggot voting. 2011 R. Saunders Democracy & Vote in Brit. Politics 1848–1867 270 The safeguards against faggot voting were relaxed. < as lemmas |
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