a whistle-stop tour
11whistle-stop — 1. noun A small train station. 2. adjective Extremely brief and hurried. Weve only got 30 minutes at the stadium, so Ill give you a whistle stop tour. See Also: whistle stop cafe, whistle stop train tour …
12whistle-stop — ADJ: ADJ n If someone, especially a politician, goes on a whistle stop tour, they visit a lot of different places in a short time. Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle stop tour of EU… …
13whistle-stop — adjective very fast and with only brief pauses: a whistle stop tour. noun N. Amer. a small, unimportant town on a railway …
14whistle-stop — ☆ whistle stop [hwis′əl stäp΄, wis′əl stäp΄ ] n. 1. a small town, orig. one at which a train stopped only upon signal 2. a brief stop in a small town as part of a tour, esp. in a political campaign; orig., such a stop in which the candidate spoke …
15whistle-stop — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a small station at which trains stop only on signal : flag stop b. : a small community : tank town posters that brought in the yokels from fifty miles around every whistle stop we played Bennett Cerf …
16Whistle stop train tour — A whistlestop or whistlestop tour is a style of political campaigning where the politician makes a series of brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short period of time. Originally, whistlestops were conducted from the… …
17whistle-stop — adj. Whistle stop is used with these nouns: ↑tour …
18whistle-stop — I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: circa 1925 1. a. a small station at which trains stop only on signal ; flag stop b. a small community 2. a brief personal appearance especially by a political candidate usually on the rear platform of a… …
19whistle stop — whis′tle stop n. 1) gov a small unimportant town, esp. one along a railroad line 2) gov a short talk from the rear platform of a train, esp. during a political campaign 3) gov a brief appearance, single performance, or the like in a small town,… …
20whistle stop — 1. a small, unimportant town, esp. one along a railroad line. 2. a short talk from the rear platform of a train, esp. during a political campaign. 3. a brief appearance, single performance, or the like, in a small town, as during a political… …
