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carpet-crossing
 n.— «The rank of APP leadership in the South has been depleted by the spate of carpet-crossing as not a few chieftains had jumped ship into the rival People’s Democratic party (PDP).» —“Onu’s Chairmanship Blues” Tempo (Lagos, Nigeria) Dec. 1, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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