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Definition of Canvasing
1. canvas [v] - See also: canvas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canvasing
Literary usage of Canvasing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Immigration Statistics: Information Gaps, Quality Issues Limit Utility of by Eric M. Larson (1999)
"... including the three-card method.10 It would be more costly to conduct
house-to-house canvasing to identify foreign-born respondents, but the specific ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"We are glad to hear that Mr. Sutton, Mr. Ashbury, and Captain Starkie have
anticipated us in the matter of canvasing their vessels, and the Aline, Livonia, ..."
3. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"At the first only eleven men were present; at the next, by force of three circulars,
twenty-seven; at the third, thanks to two days' canvasing by Auchmuty ..."
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