pocket boroughn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒkɪt ˈbʌrə/, U.S.

/ˌpɑkət ˈbəroʊ/,

/ˌpɑkət ˈbərə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., borough n.

Etymology: < pocket n. + borough n.

Chiefly British History.

A borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. Later also in extended use.Such boroughs were abolished by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > type of

borough1512

close borough1771

pocket borough1783

borough-constituency1868

index constituency1888

Euro-constituency1957

supermarginal1960

marginal1966

1783 C. Lofft Observ. Dial. State Parl. 21 The opportunity which these pocket-boroughs afford of letting young gentlemen into parliament.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. ix. 224 Satisfied that..despite the unheard-of absurdity of a contested election, his pocket borough was quite secure.

1864 Deb. & Proc. House of Assembly Nova Scotia 1st Sess. 251/2 [He] stated that he..was going to cut off a small corner from the county, and make a little pocket borough for himself.

1895 C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iii. 80 Horne Tooke..sat for the pocket borough of Sarum.

1927 D. J. Dickie How Canada Grew Up 154 He [sc. Baldwin] had a ‘pocket borough’, as it was called, a safe Reform seat in the fourth riding of York.

1947 Internat. Affairs 23 222 The Muslim League has become a mass movement, and is no longer a pocket borough for Mr. Jinnah and his colleagues.

1973 R. D. Altick Victorian People & Ideas ii. 25 The partial elimination of rotten and pocket boroughs in 1832 was counterbalanced by the increased corruption that marked elections thenceforth.

2002 India Weekly 26 Apr. 35/4 Thanks to his rotten and pocket boroughs in Bihar, Yadav now sits in the Rajya Sabha.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocket borough
释义	pocket boroughn. Brit. /ˌpɒkɪt ˈbʌrə/, U.S. /ˌpɑkət ˈbəroʊ/, /ˌpɑkət ˈbərə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., borough n. Etymology: < pocket n. + borough n. Chiefly British History. A borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. Later also in extended use.Such boroughs were abolished by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > type of borough1512 close borough1771 pocket borough1783 borough-constituency1868 index constituency1888 Euro-constituency1957 supermarginal1960 marginal1966 1783 C. Lofft Observ. Dial. State Parl. 21 The opportunity which these pocket-boroughs afford of letting young gentlemen into parliament. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax II. ix. 224 Satisfied that..despite the unheard-of absurdity of a contested election, his pocket borough was quite secure. 1864 Deb. & Proc. House of Assembly Nova Scotia 1st Sess. 251/2 [He] stated that he..was going to cut off a small corner from the county, and make a little pocket borough for himself. 1895 C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iii. 80 Horne Tooke..sat for the pocket borough of Sarum. 1927 D. J. Dickie How Canada Grew Up 154 He [sc. Baldwin] had a ‘pocket borough’, as it was called, a safe Reform seat in the fourth riding of York. 1947 Internat. Affairs 23 222 The Muslim League has become a mass movement, and is no longer a pocket borough for Mr. Jinnah and his colleagues. 1973 R. D. Altick Victorian People & Ideas ii. 25 The partial elimination of rotten and pocket boroughs in 1832 was counterbalanced by the increased corruption that marked elections thenceforth. 2002 India Weekly 26 Apr. 35/4 Thanks to his rotten and pocket boroughs in Bihar, Yadav now sits in the Rajya Sabha. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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