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Logroller

[lawg-rohl, log-]

log·roll

[lawg-rohl, log-] U.S. Politics.
verb (used with object)
1.
to procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.
verb (used without object)
2.
to engage in political logrolling.

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Logroller is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; back formation from logrolling

log·roll·er, noun
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logroll (ˈlɒɡˌrəʊl)
 
vb
chiefly (US) to use logrolling in order to procure the passage of (legislation)
 
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