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Floater   Listen
noun
Floater  n.  
1.
One who floats or swims.
2.
A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
3.
(Politics)
(a)
A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose vote is purchasable. (U. S.)
(b)
A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own. (U. S.)
(c)
A person who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted. (U. S.)





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"Floater" Quotes from Famous Books



... facts, but not the truth. It's up to a man to pound away for all he's worth; not whine around about what's going to happen to him to-morrow or next year or when he dies. Only time I ever was a floater was when I was a kid and didn't know the real meaning of work. Since then I've lived. I can at least say I haven't been a parasite. And I've had ...
— Out of the Primitive • Robert Ames Bennet
... had always practiced that sort of a ball, and indeed he had nothing else beside fair speed and this "floater." But in practice, when Hugh went into the box, he had been able to fool many of his mates, and have them almost breaking their backs trying to hit a ball that was still coming. As a last resort Hugh meant to relieve Frazer, but only after the game was irrevocably lost; for ...
— The Chums of Scranton High Out for the Pennant • Donald Ferguson


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