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noun
The route followed by an itinerant Christian preacher in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, idiomatic
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noun
The path to spiritual redemption or salvation, especially as involving attendance at Christian revival meetings presided over by itinerant preachers in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, dated, idiomatic
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History
Probably an allusion to the sawdust which covered the floors of the tents in which religious revival meetings were often held.
