| 单词 | pocket borough |
| 释义 | pocket boroughnoun(before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family. an election district under the control of an individual, family, or group. Origin of pocket boroughFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby pocket boroughpocketable, pocket battleship, pocketbike, pocket billiards, pocketbook, pocket borough, pocket calculator, pocket chisel, pocket door, pocket drive, pocketed calculus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pocket boroughpocket borough noun(before the Reform Act of 1832) an English borough constituency controlled by one person or family who owned the landCompare rotten borough Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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