Nasty old boy turning violent in old constituency

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n. an English parliamentary constituency with few electors

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Rotten \Rot"ten\, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See Rot .] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the ...

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n. (context historical English) A borough that was represented in parliament although it had very few voters.

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Rotten Borough (ISBN 0947795839) was a book published in 1937 by the British writer Oliver Anderson , using the pseudonym Julian Pine. Withdrawn soon after release, it was republished in 1989. The book, a satirical novel based on the author's observations ...