crossfile
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), cross-filed, cross-fil·ing.
to register as a candidate in the primary elections of more than one party.
Origin:
1870–75
1870–75
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| have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties |
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Crossfile
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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