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Definition of Stumping
1. Noun. Campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches).
Definition of Stumping
1. Verb. (present participle of stump) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stumping
1. stump [v] - See also: stump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stumping
Literary usage of Stumping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Political Recollections, 1840 to 1872 by George Washington Julian (1883)
"... Whig canvass—Webster—Canvass of the Democrats—Return of New York " Barnburners "
to the party—The Free Soil campaign—stumping Kentucky with Clay—Rev. ..."
2. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait ( Howe (1914)
"He went on an extensive stumping tour, ostensibly with a view to locate a site
for a national asylum for disabled soldiers, and made a lot of commonplace ..."
3. Annals of Iowa by State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Historical Dept (1901)
"stumping THE TERRITORY IN 1843. AC Dodge, of Burlington, was the Democratic
candidate, and William Henry Wallace, of Mt. Pleasant, the Whig candidate for ..."
4. Sketches from the Diary of a Commercial Traveller by Throne Crick (1847)
"stumping FAGG—A PLODDING JOHN BULL. FOUND Mr. stumping Fagg enjoying as usual
his glass of ale to a latish dinner (upon the retrenching principle of two ..."
5. The Dewy Morn: A Novel by Richard Jefferies (1884)
"Some one else heard the tune too ; a window was gently opened, and a low voice
called : ' Good-night, Ab.' ' Night, you,' said Abner, stumping on down the ..."
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