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Dorothy Dix

Dorothy Dix is the alternative form of Dorothy Dixer.

Meaning of Dorothy Dixer

Noun

Dorothy Dixer (plural Dorothy Dixers)

  1. (Australian) A question asked of a minister by a member of their own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticise the opposition, etc.
    • Betraying not a sign of the general mayhem he had just created, he answered a Dorothy Dixer about television violence.2002, Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM, page 273
    Synonyms:
    dixer

Forms of Dorothy Dix

pluralDorothy Dixes

Questions about Dorothy Dix

What is Dorothy Dix the alternative form of?
Dorothy Dix is the alternative form of Dorothy Dixer.

Words near Dorothy Dix in the dictionary

  1. Dorotheuses
  2. Dorothy
  3. Dorothy bag
  4. Dorothy bags
  5. Dorothy Crater
  6. Dorothy Dix
  7. dorothy dixer
  8. dorothy dixers
  9. Dorothy Dixes
  10. Dorothy dollar
  11. Dorothy door

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dorothy Dix (page history and authors); Dorothy Dixer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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