(US, Philippines, politics, law) A candidate for election meant to present the election process as a mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among voters (e.g.
(US, Philippines, politics, law) A candidate for election meant to present the election process as a mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among voters (e.g. via similarity of names of candidates).
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(US, pejorative) A political candidate for elected office who is really or allegedly connected with or similar in views to the Ku Klux Klan.
A Canadian dated term for a landfill, rubbish dump, or waste heap — a designated area for disposal of refuse and waste. The phrase has a politely bureaucratic quality, treating the dump as a 'nuisance' ground in the legal-administrative sense. Now largely replaced by 'landfill' or 'dump' in contemporary Canadian English.
(Canada, dated) landfill, waste heap, dump.
(politics, obsolete, except, US, Philippines) A person who scrutinizes the ballot in an election.
(US) One who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.