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Chiltern Hundreds

Chil·tern Hun·dreds


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. merely formal British political office: in the United Kingdom, a nominal office that a Member of Parliament can apply for when wanting to resign from the House of Commons ( takes a singular verb )

[13th century. After the Chiltern Hills]
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