Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistle-stop tour

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: whistle-stop -tour
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited

Example Sentences

"in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"

Questions

What does whistle-stop tour mean?: a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited

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