tout = "to boast (about)"

[Jonathan Lighter]

NPR  this evening:

"Although Specter has been in the Senate since 1981 and can tout the
endorsement of Obama and Gov. Ed Rendell, nearly half of Democrats are
unconvinced."

Proof?:
http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/09/03/specter-rivals-vie-unseat-veteran-senator/

The Googlits go back at least to 2007.

JL

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