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pocket boroughs

pocket boroughs is the plural of pocket borough.

Meaning of pocket borough

Noun

pocket borough (plural pocket boroughs)

  1. (historical) A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he could populate these tenements with his own supporters.
    Synonyms:
    close borough

Questions about pocket boroughs

What is pocket boroughs the plural of?
Pocket boroughs is the plural of pocket borough.

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