grasstops
See also: grass-tops and grass tops
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps modelled on grassroots.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
grasstops (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.
Noun
grasstops
- plural of grasstop
grasstops (plurale tantum)
- People in a position of power or influence at a local level.
- 2010, Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR IS Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, Bloomsbury Press (2010), →ISBN, page 35:
- Or, when just the 'grasstops' are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:grasstops.
- 2010, Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR IS Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, Bloomsbury Press (2010), →ISBN, page 35:
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