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Votes obtained by the nominal transfer of property to a person whose income was not otherwise sufficient to qualify him for being a voter.
The “fagot” was a bundle of property divided into small lots for the purpose stated above. Abolished.
“The object was to prevent the creation of fagot votes.”—The Times.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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