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Catchword for “jointery”
Catchword: jointery
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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: All through the previous parliament David had dragged his feet on joint selection of candidates, joint parliamentary meetings, joint everything and even now when “jointery” had proved wanting here, he was putting up more obstacles to unity.
Article or Document Title:
“Owen ‘Clanger’ Cost Us Votes, Says Steel”
Author:
Chris Moncrieff
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Press Association
Publishing Location:
U.K.
Date of Publication:
Sept. 8, 1989
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