awe-droppers strike again - stocking horse

[Tom Zurinskas]

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Wordsmith sends out a.word.a.day in email.  This phrase below I'd never hea=
rd before and it's an interesting one.  But from the phonetic notation do w=
e really have to call it a "stocking horse".  (However=2C clicking the spea=
ker icon=2C I did hear "stalking horse" ~~staukeeng hors~~ not ~~staakeeng =
hors~~
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stalking horse=20
PRONUNCIATION:
(STAH-king HORS) =20
MEANING:
noun:
1. Something used to mask the true purpose.
2. A candidate put forward in an election to draw votes from another or to =
conceal another's potential candidacy.=20

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Tom Zurinskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL7+=20
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