Definitions for pocket borough
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pock′et bor`ough(n.)
(before 1832) an English borough whose representation in Parliament was controlled by an individual or family.
Category: Western History
Princeton's WordNet
pocket borough(noun)
a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Pocket Borough
a borough in which the influence of some magnate of the place determines the voting at an election time, a thing pretty much of the past.
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