Definition of Canvasing

1. Verb. (present participle of canvas) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canvasing

1. canvas [v] - See also: canvas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canvasing

canulisation
canulization
canun
canuns
canvas
canvas tent
canvasback
canvasback duck
canvasbacks
canvasboard
canvasboards
canvased
canvaser
canvasers
canvases
canvasing
canvasless
canvaslike
cany
canyon
canyon live oak
canyon oak

Literary usage of Canvasing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Immigration Statistics: Information Gaps, Quality Issues Limit Utility of by Eric M. Larson (1999)
"... including the three-card method.10 It would be more costly to conduct house-to-house canvasing to identify foreign-born respondents, but the specific ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"We are glad to hear that Mr. Sutton, Mr. Ashbury, and Captain Starkie have anticipated us in the matter of canvasing their vessels, and the Aline, Livonia, ..."

3. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"At the first only eleven men were present; at the next, by force of three circulars, twenty-seven; at the third, thanks to two days' canvasing by Auchmuty ..."

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