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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | straw vote |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See straw poll |
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
straw vote
–noun
| an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue. |
Also called straw poll.
[Origin: 1885–90, Americanism
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| straw vote
n. An unofficial vote or poll indicating the trend of opinion on a candidate or issue. Also called straw poll. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| straw vote | |
noun | |
| an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
straw vote
Also, straw poll. An unofficial vote or poll indicating how people feel about a candidate or issue. For example, Let's take a straw poll on the bill and see how it fares. This idiom alludes to a straw used to show in what direction the wind blows, in this case the wind of public opinion. O. Henry joked about it in A Ruler of Men (1907): "A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows." [c. 1885]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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