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Eatanswill
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English
Etymology
Name of the fictitious setting of riotous parliamentary elections in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Derived from eat and swill; see en swill to drink.
Noun
The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.
en terms derived from Dickensian works
en Fictional locations Places Politics