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house of commons en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of House of Commons: an outhouse.
    • Right across western Canada, the "house of commons" is the biffey. Now that should tell you something about the way westerners feel about the goings-on in Ottawa. 1987, Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker's Heart, page 86:

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