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    pocket borough

    • n.
      (in the UK) a borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. Such boroughs were abolished by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867.

    • noun: pocket borough, plural noun: pocket boroughs

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    pocket borough

    • IPA[ˌpäkət ˈbərō]

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    • n.
      (in the UK) a borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one ...

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