English Explanatory Dictionary

stump speech

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standard speech by a politician running for office.

Word forms

stump speech stump speeches

Etymology

From a bucolic image of a politician touring little settlements with his boilerplate speech which he delivers standing atop the stump of a chopped-down tree.

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