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straw polls

straw polls is the plural of straw poll.

Meaning of straw poll

Noun

straw poll (plural straw polls)

  1. (idiomatic) A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
    • 2002: I don't think it was innocence that made me want to carry out a straw poll of women friends on the plausibility of this passage — James Meek in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 22, 14 November 2002

Questions about straw polls

What is straw polls the plural of?
Straw polls is the plural of straw poll.

Words near straw polls in the dictionary

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