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clown-car primaries

clown-car primaries is the plural of clown-car primary.

Meaning of clown-car primary

Noun

clown-car primary (plural clown-car primaries)

  1. (US, derogatory) 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.
    • Two Months into Republicans' Clown Car Primary, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Voters Turning against the GOP - Again [title]2012 March 5, Jon Ponder, “Two Months into Republicans' Clown Car Primary, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Voters Turning against the GOP - Again”, in Pensito Review, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2012

Questions about clown-car primaries

What is clown-car primaries the plural of?
Clown-car primaries is the plural of clown-car primary.

Words near clown-car primaries in the dictionary

  1. clown show
  2. clown shows
  3. clown therapy
  4. clown world
  5. clown worlds
  6. clown-car primaries
  7. clown-car primary
  8. clownage
  9. clowncel
  10. clowncels
  11. clowncore

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