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metric martyr

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a shopkeeper or trader willing to be prosecuted for continuing to use only imperial measures as a protest against the perceived imposition of metric measures by the European Union

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No references found			She is backed by Neil Herron, of Metric Martyrs, a group that also fights parking offences. BIG MAC & FINES? Driver to fight tickets from 'impossible' speed trap by The Mirror (London, England) A change in the Government's attitude towards prosecuting businesses which do not follow the rules has meant the region's Metric Martyrs may finally see victory. Victory in sight for the Metric Martyrs; Minister plans to introduce ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The Government is acting to end the hounding of traders - dubbed metric martyrs - who refuse to bow to EU laws and switch to grams and kilos. Metric martyrs led the weigh to ruling by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			metopomancy metopon Metoposcopic Metoposcopist metoposcopy metoprolol Metosteon metr- metralgia Metrazol metrazol shock metrazol shock therapy metrazol shock treatment metre metre-kilogram-second metrestick metric Metric analysis metric capacity unit metric function metric grain metric hundredweight metric linear unit metric madness metric martyr Metric Martyrs metric mile metric space metric system metric ton metric unit metric weight unit metrical metrical foot metrical psalm metrical unit Metrically metricate metrication Metrician metricise metricism metricize metrics Metrification metrify metrist metritis metro metro station metro-			metric capacity unit metric carat metric centner Metric conversion Metric conversions Metric conversions Metric conversions metric crown metric crown metric crown metric crown metric crown Metric Data Display System metric demy metric equivalent Metric expansion of space metric function Metric geometry Metric geometry metric grain metric grain metric horsepower metric hundredweight metric hundredweight Metric Importers of North America metric line metric linear unit metric madness Metric Mapping Support Data Metric martyr Metric Martyrs Metric mass Metric mass Metric mass Metric mass Metric Matrix Distance-Geometry Metric measurement system Metric measurement system Metric measurement system metric mile metric miles metric modular unit metric ophthalmoscopy metric ophthalmoscopy metric ophthalmoscopy metric ounce Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear Metric Quad Flat Package Metric Quad Flat Package with Heat sink Metric Quad Flat Package with Heat spreader metric royal metric royal metric royal metric sabin Metric slug metric space metric space Metric spaces Metric spaces metric system metric system

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metric martyr (redirected from Metric Martyrs)

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