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Wallpapergate

Wallpapergate proper noun: a 2021 controversy around the refurbishment in 2020 of the flat above 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amid allegations in the press that an undisclosed loan had been used to help finance it.

Proper noun

Wallpapergate

  1. (UK, informal) A 2021 controversy around the refurbishment in 2020 of the flat above 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amid allegations in the press that an undisclosed loan had been used to help finance it.

Origin of Wallpapergate

From wallpaper + -gate.

Questions about Wallpapergate

What does Wallpapergate mean?
Wallpapergate means a 2021 controversy around the refurbishment in 2020 of the flat above 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amid allegations in the press that an undisclosed loan had been used to help finance it.
What part of speech is Wallpapergate?
Wallpapergate is a proper noun.

Words near Wallpapergate in the dictionary

  1. wallpaper group
  2. wallpaper groups
  3. wallpapered
  4. wallpaperer
  5. wallpaperers
  6. Wallpapergate
  7. wallpapering
  8. wallpaperlike
  9. wallpapers
  10. wallpapery
  11. wallpepper

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