hustings
/ˈhʌstɪŋz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A debate during an election campaign where the public can question some or all of the candidates.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him."
- "Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings."
- "While on the hustings, both men made quick jaunts into the South during late April."
- "In the forthcoming election the Budget will be referred to very little indeed out on the hustings."
- "The candidate was having a strong campaign but fell apart at the hustings."
- "Finding that he could not be heard during a hustings in the town hall, he armed members of his family with a bell and instead addressed bemused voters at the open windows of their tenements."