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noun
A standard speech by a politician running for office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
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noun
political oratory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oratory
History
From a bucolic image of a politician touring little settlements with his boilerplate speech which he delivers standing atop the stump of a chopped-down tree.
