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log⋅roll

  [lawg-rohl, log-] U.S. Politics.
Use logroll in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.
–verb (used without object)
2. to engage in political logrolling.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; back formation from logrolling

Related forms:
logroller, noun
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log·roll   (lôg'rōl', lŏg'-)   
v.   log·rolled, log·roll·ing, log·rolls

v.   tr.
To work toward the passage of (legislation) by logrolling.
v.   intr.

  1. To engage in political logrolling.

  2. To birl.

log'roll'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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