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swinging-door chads

swinging-door chads is the plural of swinging-door chad.

Meaning of swinging-door chad

Noun

swinging-door chad (plural swinging-door chads)

  1. chad with two corners detached
    • In brief: a "pregnant" or "dimpled chad" was one bearing an indentation left by the voter but which had not become detached at any of its corners. Those would not be counted as votes. Other chads with one corner, two corners or three corners detached - "hanging door", "swinging door" and...2000 November 13, David Usborne, “The state of the Union rests on the state of Chad”, in The Independent

Questions about swinging-door chads

What is swinging-door chads the plural of?
Swinging-door chads is the plural of swinging-door chad.

Words near swinging-door chads in the dictionary

  1. swinging the lead
  2. swinging through
  3. swinging-block
  4. swinging-blocks
  5. swinging-door chad
  6. swinging-door chads
  7. swinginger
  8. swingingest
  9. swingingly
  10. swingingness
  11. swingings

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