(UK, often, politics, dated, derogatory, figurative) Of local interest or significance only; petty, parochial.
(UK, often, politics, dated, derogatory, figurative) Of local interest or significance only; petty, parochial.
Never avoid bars or smoke-rooms, because in the former case you miss the chance of marrying a flirt, and in the latter of having your mind improved by local parish-pump politics, and your head broken by a fool in his cups.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Ireland, UK, politics, derogatory, informal) Political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.
(UK, uncommon) To create a parish for an area, in particular a civil parish.
(uncommon, chiefly, Scotland, other dialects, and, NNES) A parishioner.
(UK) A seat on a parish council which is won in an election.
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(US) A mythical small town of no importance.