HyperDic: pocket_borough

English > 1 sense of the expression pocket borough:
NOUNlocationpocket borougha sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
English > pocket borough: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family.
BroaderboroughAn English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

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