housecall
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
verb
To go from house to house, visiting people and trying to persuade them to a cause, especially on behalf of a labor union; to doorknock.
Example Sentences
- "Overcoming racial and ethnic divisions starts by asking each other questions, housecalling together, going to events together— the practical experiences of building a union."
- "So I started housecalling myself. The door always opened. I went around housecalling for five months in Charlotte and the surrounding rural area."
- "I was assigned to housecall them, and I told the lead organizer that I was a lesbian and asked if that would be a problem, would my sexuality become a dividing issue on the campaign."