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late train
 n.— «All aboard! Mayor Lee Brown’s late train chugs out on Feb. 3 at the Westin Galleria Hotel. It’s a fund-raiser for Brown’s campaign. Anyone who didn’t contribute the maximum amount to Brown’s coffers can curry favor—or just show support and admiration—by tossing in some bucks now. That includes people who backed Rob Mosbacher and now don’t want to lose their clout totally because of their stake in City Hall policies, or contracts. In the campaign business, it’s called a “late train” fund-raiser.» —“Most action in the primary is on side of the ballot” Houston Chronicle (Texas) Jan. 9, 1998. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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