单词 | to lay pipes |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay pipes ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > practise electoral corruption to lay pipes1840 1838 Amer. Monthly Mag. Mar. 279 He [sc. the political quidnunc] having..serious business on hand, perhaps the election of the next mayor..is engrossed by vast plans for the public good, probably..laying pipes in front of his own door.] 1840 N.Y. Herald 26 Oct. 2/1 A disposable force of 5000 men..who were put up to the highest bidder, and driven about from town to town like cattle, to the polls, voting as often as they could—and ‘laying pipe’ in every city and in every ward. 1861 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Feb. 169 The gentlemen who succeed in appropriating these small measures will be laying down very good ‘pipe’ for Leeds, Southampton, &c. 1893 Home Missionary Oct. 305 The Irish..who began by laying our water-pipes..now lay a different kind of pipe, and make our city government. < as lemmas |
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