clown-car primary
English
/ˈklaʊn kɑɹ ˌpɹaɪməɹi/
noun
Definitions
- (US politics) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small portion of the electorate.
Etymology
Compound from English clown car + English primary.
Origin
English
primary
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circumprimary English
- clown car English
- coprimary English
- megaprimary English
- nonprimary English
- postprimary English
- pre-primary English
- preprimary English
- primarily English
- primariness English
- primary English
- primary planet English
- superprimary English
- prīmārius Latin
- firamare Hausa