Dorothy Dixer

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Dorothy Dixer [ˌdɒrəθɪ ˈdɪksə]

(Law / Parliamentary Procedure) Austral informal a parliamentary question asked by a member of the government so that the minister may give a prepared answer

[from pen name Dorothy Dix of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether (1870-1951), who wrote a column replying to correspondents' problems]

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