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Catchword for “bed-blocker”
Catchword: bed-blocker
Filed under: ,
Part of speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Many veteran Conservative MPs who might have been expected to retire from the fray at the next General Election, are obdurately staying put.…Since Tony Blair is unlikely to send them to the House of Lords on retirement, they are opting to stay in the Commons, to while away their twilight years.…They are aptly known as “the bedblockers.”
Article or document title:
“Politics Column” (URL)
Author:
Chris Moncrieff
Article, document, publication, web site:
Scotsman
Publishing location:
U.K.
Date of publication:
May 10, 2004
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