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Logrolling
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- 1 The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs. US, countable
"As most of the county was covered with forest, it was necessary to clear the land of trees, in order to make way for farming operations. Clearing of the land was accomplished by means of logrollings, a practice whereby logs were heaped into great piles and burned. Much valuable timber was destroyed in that manner, but, as no markets existed for timber, it was the most expedient method of ridding the land of trees. Logrollings continued until probably 50 years ago, when markets for forest products arose and timber began to be sawed and sold."
- 2 rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) wordnet
- 3 The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.; The act of balancing on a log floating on a river to guide it downstream, often involving rolling it using one's feet; birling. US, uncountable
- 4 act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects wordnet
- 5 The rolling of logs from one place to another; an occasion when people meet to help each other roll logs.; A sport in which two people balance on a log floating in a body of water, each one aiming to cause the opponent to fall off by rolling or kicking the log. US, uncountable
"Harkening back to the days when loggers had to break river jams free by carefully stepping out on floating logs, logrolling is all about maintaining balance. Also called birling, logrolling requires competitors to go head-to-head on a single log, trying to toss the other guy into the water by forcing him to lose his balance."
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- 6 A concerted effort to push forward mutually advantageous legislative agendas by combining two items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass. US, figuratively, uncountable
"What, for instance, did the honorable member for North Melbourne (Mr. Curtain) care about the Horsham extension? Not twopence, unless it helped him to get the "outer circle" line. It was much the same with the honorable member for Crowlands (Mr. Woods), the honorable member for the Avoca (Mr. Grant), the honorable member for South Gippsland (Mr. Mason), and others. In fact it was felt during the whole of the discussion that there was an excellent chance for good wholesale log-rolling. He believed a more wholesale attempt at log-rolling never was made."
- 7 Mutual recommendation of friends' or colleagues' services or products, such as book recommendations in literary reviews. US, figuratively, uncountable
"Near-synonym: backscratching"
- 1 present participle and gerund of logroll. form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From log + rolling, the figurative senses from the practice of neighbors helping each other do heavy work such as rolling logs in connection with clearing land and building.
From log + rolling, the figurative senses from the practice of neighbors helping each other do heavy work such as rolling logs in connection with clearing land and building.
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