CANVASS, CANVASSER
NOUNS, PERSON
1962 ► WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION a house-to-house canvasser → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► THE GAS MAN an insurance man or canvasser who wastes the time of housewives → sl.
VERBS
1720 ► RANDY to canvass → obs. rare
1777 ► RAND to canvass, to go round soliciting votes → Eng. dial.
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