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Pocket Borough

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A borough in which the influence of some magnate of the place determines the voting at an election time, a thing pretty much of the past.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pocket Borough'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pocket-borough.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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