All 5 Uses of
canvass
in
Dubliners
- Mr. O'Connor had been engaged by Tierney's agent to canvass one part of the ward but, as the weather was inclement and his boots let in the wet, he spent a great part of the day sitting by the fire in the Committee Room in Wicklow Street with Jack, the old caretaker.†
Chpt 12
- Between ourselves, you know, Crofton (he's a decent chap, of course), but he's not worth a damn as a canvasser.†
Chpt 12 *
- "Is that the way you chaps canvass," said Mr. Lyons, "and Crofton and I out in the cold and rain looking for votes?"†
Chpt 12
- He had been a canvasser for Wilkins, the Conservative, but when the Conservatives had withdrawn their man and, choosing the lesser of two evils, given their support to the Nationalist candidate, he had been engaged to work for Mr. Tiemey.†
Chpt 12
- He had been a clerk in the Midland Railway, a canvasser for advertisements for The Irish Times and for The Freeman's Journal, a town traveller for a coal firm on commission, a private inquiry agent, a clerk in the office of the Sub-Sheriff, and he had recently become secretary to the City Coroner.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(canvass as in: canvass the crowd) examine an issue, get opinions by asking specific questions; and/or ask people for political support individually