different between hustings vs dustings

English

Originally the plural of husting, later construed as a singular.

hustings (plural hustings)

A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, From This World to the Next:
  I now mounted the hustings, and, without any regard to decency or modesty, made as emphatical a speech in favour of the king as before I had done against him.
(by extension) An election campaign.
Washington is awfully deserted now that every congressman is out on the hustings.

See the etymology of the main entry.

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