"committee rooms" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: committee room [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=committee room}} committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room)
  1. (Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices. Tags: Canada, UK, dated, plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Canadian politics, UK politics
    Sense id: en-committee_rooms-en-noun-BG0XTV4E Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

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          "text": "Hats were thrown in the air at the west end committee rooms when when victory seemed certain and the crowds surged up and down the stairs in the west end committee rooms to offer congratulations to the victorious candidate.",
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          "text": "With the party candidate in Winnipeg North, he shared a cramped committee room in the northern district, across the street from the Conservative auxiliary office.[…]By twilight, both the Conservative and the New Democratic committee rooms were thronged with well-wishers, many of whom had appeared seldom if at all during the campaign.",
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