Nasty old boy turning violent in old constituency

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Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; ...

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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 Withdrawn soon after release, it was republished in 1989.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 ...

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n. an English parliamentary constituency with few electors