All 3 Uses of
caucus
in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.†
Chpt 3
- 'What I was going to say,' said the Dodo in an offended tone, 'was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.'†
Chpt 3 *
- 'What IS a Caucus-race?' said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that SOMEBODY ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(caucus) a closed political meeting; or a group that meets to promote a policy or shared interests