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Noun: whistle-stop tour
  1. A tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited
    "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"

Derived forms: whistle-stop tours

Type of: circuit, tour

Part of: campaigning, candidacy, candidature [Brit], electioneering, political campaign

Encyclopedia: Whistle-stop tour