"Betsygate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Betsy + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Betsy|gate}} Betsy + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Betsygate
  1. (informal, UK politics) A 2004 controversy around allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her doing any work. Wikipedia link: Betsygate Tags: UK, informal Categories (topical): UK politics
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