Meanings
- UScolloquialuncountablegovernmentMoney that is paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.
Without the precinct money, you don't have poll-watchers and they can get away with anything.
1988, Michael Royko, Boss, page 1021 more example
It also puts up what it calls precinct money, the small bankroll a worker carries and spends on election day and the few days before.
1976, William Allison Shimer, American Scholar, page 356Synonyms: street money, walk-around money
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMoney that is paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.
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