Antonyms for logrolling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lawg-roh-ling, log-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔgˌroʊ lɪŋ, ˈlɒg-


Definition of logrolling

Origin :
  • also log-rolling, in the legislative vote-trading sense, 1823, American English, from the notion of neighbors on the frontier helping one another with the heavy work of clearing land and building cabins (as in phrase you roll my log and I'll roll yours); see log (n.1) + rolling.
  • LOG-ROLLING. 1. In the lumber regions of Maine it is customary for men of different logging camps to appoint days for helping each other in rolling the logs to the river, after they are felled and trimmed -- this rolling being about the hardest work incident to the business. Thus the men of three or four camps will unite, say on Monday, to roll for camp No. 1, -- on Tuesday for camp No. 2, -- on Wednesday for camp No. 3, -- and so on, through the whole number of camps within convenient distance of each other. [Bartlett]
  • As in pork barrel : noun political patronage
  • As in activism : noun action for change
  • As in cooperation : noun mutual effort
Example sentences :
  • These appropriations are secured by what you call in America ‘logrolling.’
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Kangaroo » by Thomas Wallace Knox
  • The state capital was moved to Springfield as a part of the give and take of logrolling.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters

Synonyms for logrolling

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