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Retroterm of the Day: Stump speech.

April 24, 2009 //  by David Keyes

European settlers noted that Indian leaders stood on stumps of downed trees to address members of their tribe. This made so much sense that they adopted the practice themselves. By the mid-nineteenth century it was common to refer to political stump speeches, and to campaigning in general as stumping it.

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