hustings

Converse of object

• attend: Charles Dickens writer 1835 Charles Dickens visited Exeter several times, the first to attend the hustings for the Exeter City Council elections.
• organize: In some areas union branches are organizing hustings... Postal workers POSTAL WORKERS in Watford have rejected a deal to end their strike.
• hold: The parties then held hustings which aimed to gain votes from their peers in a following election.
• host: Transport 2000 has hosted a transport hustings for four of the Mayoral candidates.
• ascend: Mr. Hunt ascended the hustings about half-past one o'clock and proceeded to address the immense multitude.
• reach: The people in the crowd were so compact and stood to firm that they could not reach the hustings without halting.

Adjective modifier

• further: There is one further hustings for Weavers Ward candidates this Thursday 27th at 6.30pm at the Sundial Center on Shipton Street.
• first: At London Chinatown's first elections hustings on 22 May 2001, Chinese voters from Westminster put the parties on the spot.
• presidential: The presidential hustings at Portland Place on May 27 gave a good feel for the choice of candidate being offered.
• final: So, tonight was the final hustings of the campaign, at St Aldate's Church in Oxford.
• public: The public hustings will take place at the Wesley Memorial Church hall, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford.
• pre-election: Churches have also been advised that in hosting pre-election hustings they should invite all political parties to participate.

Modifies a noun

• speech: Monday Well I just have finished my informal hustings speech.
• meeting: At the Hackney hustings meeting, in a mock ballot, just over 80 percent of the audience backed him.
• event: All three contenders will face each other today at the first official party hustings event in Plymouth.

Noun used with modifier

• election: ELECTION UPDATE SPECIAL FIVE politicians were put on the spot on Monday night at an election hustings hosted by the Dunoon Observer.
• leadership: There will be a leadership hustings hosted by Ashfield Liberal Democrats in North Notts on 29th January.
• Dem: Related Press Articles: Sat 14th Jan 2006: First Lib Dem hustings: the verdict.

Preposition: of

campaign: So, tonight was the final hustings of the campaign, at St Aldate's Church in Oxford.

Preposition: for

election: This year, the PGSA's Annual General Meeting and hustings for the elections will be held on Wednesday 25th October.