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Terminological inexactitude

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The conditions of the Transvaal ordinance ... cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery; at least, that word in its full sense could not be applied without a risk of terminological
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It has been used as a euphemism for a lie in the House of Commons, as to accuse another member of lying would be considered
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This article related to the history of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a
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over an accusation that Rees-Mogg's company had moved a
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is a phrase introduced in 1906 by British politician
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Safire, William
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The Outlook, Volume 17

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