mainstreetv.
/ˈmeɪnstriːt/, U.S. /ˈmeɪnˌstrit/, Canadian English /ˈmeinˌstriːt/ North American (chiefly Canadian).
intransitive. To campaign in main streets to win electoral support.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [verb (intransitive)] > appeal to parliamentary electors
to go (also appeal) to the country1791
mainstreet1966
1966 Maclean's 1 Jan. 31 Though she [sc. Olive Diefenbaker] refuses to speak in public she mainstreets better than The Chief [sc. John Diefenbaker].
1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Oct. A6/4 (heading) Audrey McLaughlin attends an all-candidates meeting in Whitehorse, then mainstreets on Main Street before flying to Prince Rupert to meet supporters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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