sawdust trail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The route followed by an itinerant Christian preacher in the United States.
The path to spiritual redemption or salvation, especially as involving attendance at Christian revival meetings presided over by itinerant preachers in the United States.

En-au-sawdust trail.ogg

sawdust trail sawdust trails

Probably an allusion to the sawdust which covered the floors of the tents in which religious revival meetings were often held.

sawdust circuit

circuit rider

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