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Pastygate

Pastygate proper noun: a 2012 British controversy around taxation of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.

Proper noun

Pastygate

  1. (UK, informal) A 2012 British controversy around taxation of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.

Origin of Pastygate

From pasty + -gate.

Questions about Pastygate

What does Pastygate mean?
Pastygate means a 2012 British controversy around taxation of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.
What part of speech is Pastygate?
Pastygate is a proper noun.

Words near Pastygate in the dictionary

  1. pastward
  2. pastwards
  3. pasty
  4. pasty tax
  5. pasty taxes
  6. Pastygate
  7. pastéis de natas
  8. Pasuc
  9. pasuk
  10. pasulj
  11. Pasuquin

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