county meeting
now chiefly historical
noun
A meeting of residents of a county, called by the High Sheriff, and held to be representative of the whole county.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), philosopher.
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- scratch a —— and find a ——
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