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Mother of all Budgets

Mother of all Budgets proper noun: the 1991 New Zealand budget delivered by the Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson.

Proper noun

the Mother of all Budgets

  1. (New Zealand) The 1991 New Zealand budget delivered by the Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson.

Origin of Mother of all Budgets

Coined by New Zealand journalist David Cohen in 1991, in reference to Saddam Hussein's use of mother of all.

Questions about Mother of all Budgets

What does Mother of all Budgets mean?
Mother of all Budgets means the 1991 New Zealand budget delivered by the Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson.
What part of speech is Mother of all Budgets?
Mother of all Budgets is a proper noun.

Words near Mother of all Budgets in the dictionary

  1. Mother Monster
  2. mother naked
  3. mother nature
  4. mother of all
  5. Mother of all Bombs
  6. Mother of all Budgets
  7. mother of chapel
  8. mother of coal
  9. Mother of God
  10. Mother of Mercy
  11. mother of millions

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