| retail politics | |
| —n | |
| informal (functioning as plural) the practice of a politician soliciting in person for votes from the public | |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| Main Entry: | retail politics |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of political campaigning in which the candidate focuses on local events and meeting individual voters |
| Example: | Retail politics is the old-fashioned shaking hands and kissing babies. |
| Etymology: | orig referred to buying votes |
| Usage: | informal; sing. or pl. |