"Eatanswill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Eatanswills [plural]
Etymology: Name of the fictitious setting of riotous parliamentary elections in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Derived from eat and swill; see swill (“to drink”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Eatanswill (plural Eatanswills)
  1. The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place. Wikipedia link: The Pickwick Papers Categories (topical): Fictional locations, Politics Categories (place): Places

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