stump speech
English
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Stump Speaking (1853-54), George Caleb Bingham
Etymology
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.
Noun
stump speech (plural stump speeches)
- (politics) A standard speech by a politician running for office.
Translations
standard pre-election speech
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