单词 | gag-law |
释义 | > as lemmasgag-law gag-law n. U.S. ‘a law or regulation made and enforced for the purpose of preventing or restricting discussion’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1808 J. Q. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 604 I would not repeal it, though it should raise a clamor as loud as my gag-law. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 214 No exclusions, no gag-laws can be contrived. 1882 Times 28 Mar. 9/4 The strange instrument [the Cloture]..which a few years ago he called the ‘gag-law’. < as lemmas |
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