\t\t\t\tSo, ladies, are you in a hurry to hear the huff-and-puff that is soon to emanate from the hustings?<\/p>\n
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Huh?<\/p>\n
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Let me clarify.<\/p>\n
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Tomorrow, the chosen candidates will engage in their first official debate from the hallowed \u2026 you guessed it:<\/p>\n
Hustings.<\/p>\n
Amusingly, my computer spell checker doesn’t even recognize this term, which originally described the platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood and addressed their electors. Spoken in Old Danish, it’s\u00a0h\u016bs-thing or house meeting.<\/p>\n
These days, hustings (a singular noun) can refer to any place from which political campaign speeches are made or the political campaign trail in general.<\/p>\n
Did this word morph into hustle and hustler?<\/p>\n
I’m just saying.<\/p>\n
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