Lexicon of Politics: Day 18
Sorry for the delay this morning...I was down at the Heritage Foundation. More on this later...
horse-shed v. to attempt to influence individual voters, witnesses, or jurors, esp. while feigning impartiality.
1901 in DVNI (1933) 369: There was no opportunity, as Mr. Lincoln used to say, to "horse-shed" [the witnesses] before they were brought in.
1856 B. Hall College Wds. (ed. 2) 258: Horse-Shedding. A the University of Vermont, among secret and literary societies, this term is used to express the idea conveyed by the word electioneering.
from the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
horse-shed v. to attempt to influence individual voters, witnesses, or jurors, esp. while feigning impartiality.
1901 in DVNI (1933) 369: There was no opportunity, as Mr. Lincoln used to say, to "horse-shed" [the witnesses] before they were brought in.
1856 B. Hall College Wds. (ed. 2) 258: Horse-Shedding. A the University of Vermont, among secret and literary societies, this term is used to express the idea conveyed by the word electioneering.
from the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
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