dipstick survey
n.— «In a dipstick survey conducted by BT, English came out tops with 80 per cent non-English speakers listening to English and 20 per cent non-Hindi speakers listening to Hindi.» —“What’s our lingo?” by Edison Thomas in Bangalore Times of India Sept. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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