Associations to the word «Whistlestop»

Wiktionary

WHISTLESTOP, noun. (US) (dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested

Dictionary definition

WHISTLESTOP, verb. Tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats