2. Noun. The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election. ¹
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Definition of Cooping
1. coop [v] - See also: coop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooping
Literary usage of Cooping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"cooping. ' From fifteen to twenty [ewes] were put into the hurdles (hobbling or
cooping] daily.'—xUv. 373. Cork [cauk]. ' An imperfect chalk marl, ..."
2. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"2 This practice was known in England by the name of "cooping" or "bottling. ...
The term " cooping " is also used iti the United States. ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1832)
"a visit from Mr. B , grown an old, feeble, decrepid man; hardly cooping one's
... Such is the fruit of cooping one's self in a house ; of sitting still, ..."
4. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1880)
"Now, I would ask, what is left for diagrams to do? or what should we gain by
cooping up the parts of this sentence in separate coops, according to the ..."
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