parish-pump
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attributive form of parish pump.
Adjective
[edit]parish-pump
- (UK, dated, derogatory, figurative) parochial, of local interest only; petty
- parish pump politics
- parish-pump squabbles
Usage notes
[edit]- Not a real adjective, but a noun used attributively.
Further reading
[edit]- “parish-pump”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “parish-pump”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “parish-pump”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “parish-pump” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.