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pocket borough

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pocket borough
n.
A borough in England, before the parliamentary reform of 1832, whose representation was controlled by a single person or family.
pocket borough
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (before the Reform Act of 1832) an English borough constituency controlled by one person or family who owned the land Compare rotten borough
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Noun1.pocket borough - a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
borough - an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament


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