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ˈnon-content
[non- 2. See content a. 3 c and B.]
a. In the House of Lords, one who votes ‘Not content’.
1778Chron. in Ann. Reg. 181 On the chancellor's putting the question,..the non-contents were 20, and the contents only 4. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. vii. 92 The equality of votes is held equivalent to a majority of non-contents.
b. One who is not content.
1860J. Brown Rab, Let. to J. Cairns (1906) 289 There was one man who held out against his ‘call’. Mr. Brown meeting him.., the non-content said [etc.]. |