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Dorothy Dix, n. Austral.
Brit. |ˌdɒrəθi ˈdɪks|, U.S. |ˈˌdɔrəθi ˈdɪks|, Austral |ˌdɒrəθi ˈdɪks|
[‹ ‘ Dorothy Dix ’, pseudonym of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (1861–1951), U.S. journalist and writer of a popular question-and-answer column.
In sense 2, rhyming slang.]
1. Polit. A parliamentary question which the respondent knows will be asked, intended to prompt a prepared reply. Also Dorothy Dix question.
1941Through: Official Jrnl. Signals 8th Austral. Division Dec. 4 Rarely is it we can slip by our Dorothy Dix. 1963Austral. Financial Rev. 31 Oct. 16/2 Queensland Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin may have been posing a ‘Dorothy Dix’ (political jargon for a planted question) to Senator Sir William Spooner. 1974P. Blazey & A. Campbell Polit. Dice Men 90 Whitlam, in answer to a Dorothy Dix question, on April 11, roundly attacked Snedden's economic policy. 2005Northern Territory News (Nexis) 13 Nov. 18 Ministers talked far too long in answer to Dorothy Dix questions from Labor's own backbench.
2. Cricket slang. A six.
1979Age (Melbourne) 2 July 9/5 He still laughs loudly about hitting a ‘George Moore’ (to the boundary) and a ‘Dorothy Dix’—or ‘Dorothy’ for short—over the fence. 1999Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 8 The occasional phrase such as..‘they'll need a hatful of Dorothies now!’ (Dorothy Dixes—sixes) is the reminder that he comes not from a different planet but a different hemisphere.
Derivatives. Dorothy Dixer n.
1970C. A. Hughes Govt. of Queensland (1980) 144 In all Parliaments..questions referred to by members as ‘*Dorothy Dixers’ are part of the establishment. 1983J. Hibberd & G. Hutchinson Barracker's Bible 131 Cosier had eight Georgie Moores and two Dorothy Dixers in his knock of 65. 2005Australian (Nexis) 3 Dec. 29 Labor has misused its Dorothy Dixers to pummel the Opposition over cracks in the Coalition. |