(British) A non-binding indication, given to an MP by the MP's superiors, of when a vote is expected to take place, and what outcome the MP's party would like.
(British) A non-binding indication, given to an MP by the MP's superiors, of when a vote is expected to take place, and what outcome the MP's party would like.
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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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A car. The most common contemporary sense.
(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
(UK, Australia, obsolete) To practice extreme parsimony.
A car. Less commonly, a slang term for cocaine processing. Context determines meaning; on social media or in lyrics it's overwhelmingly the car sense unless drug context is explicit.
To attempt to get work or money from someone who is too weak or poor to provide it.