Before election day, political workers often canvass neighborhoods to support their candidate. From LearnThat.org.
Sounds like five '2's and three' 3's, in canvass rating terms. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference
The blue canvass is one that I won in a photography competition. From Wordnik.com. [Painting Sweet Dreams] Reference
And now the contest began in earnest -- that is, the canvass. From Wordnik.com. [East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter] Reference
The question that excited most interest in the canvass was the new poor law. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference
"We had to make our own clothes out of a cloth like you use, called canvass". From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives] Reference
The next day, both states began their "canvass" by an electoral board. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
From October 11 to 29 he made thirteen speeches "in the great canvass which is upon us.". From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Its called a canvass. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Chance] Reference
"Are you taking part in the canvass which is going on in the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
What are the goals of CALPIRG's summer canvass and the SWAT Team's work?. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Epstein: CALPIRG's Critical Role in the Campaign for Public Transportation in LA] Reference
The ten days devoted to the canvass were not enough, and he was defeated. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
But not as before, he at this time made a diligent canvass of the district. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
The last presidential canvass was but a crusade of vengeance against the South. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
He was confident that in his canvass for the consulship he would be successful. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
I used to miss Sunday-afternoon NFL telecasts to canvass neighborhoods with my father. From Wordnik.com. [At The Heart Of A Historic Movement] Reference
But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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