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Definition of Stuffers
1. stuffer [n] - See also: stuffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuffers
Literary usage of Stuffers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the city of San Francisco by John Shertzer Hittell (1878)
"Ballot-box stuffers. Having got rid of Casey, whose execution required urgency,
the executive committee settled down into regular business. ..."
2. The Bookman (1906)
"It was started to "fill a long felt want," and it accomplished its mission by
driving the thugs and murderers and ballot-box stuffers out of the city. ..."
3. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, History Company (1887)
"If from any cause the manoeuvres of the stuffers failed them at the polls; if
inspectors, judges, and clerks of elections were not of their appointing, ..."
4. The Bookman (1906)
"All gaming houses were closed, and the thieves and ballot-box stuffers were
shipped East. CIVIL WAR TURBULENCE. Several printing offices were mobbed at the ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"that the number of votes polled, together with the 200 bogus ones, would be so
large as to try even the nerves of the " stuffers" and ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by The Century Co. (Nueva York) (1892)
"Some of them have been ballot-box stuffers, some of them are rowdies, and more
than one is accused of having fled from other countries for forgery or crime. ..."
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