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Checkers speech

Checkers speech [ chékərz speech ] (plural Checkers speeches)


noun 
Definition:
 
US political speech deflecting criticism: a political speech dedicated to saving a politician's career by diverting attention from criticism rather than refuting it

[After Checkers, family dog that US vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon referred to in a speech in 1952]
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