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House of Commons
noun
- the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
House of Commons
noun
- (in Britain, Canada, etc) the lower chamber of Parliament
House of Commons
- The lower house of the parliament of Britain . It includes representatives from England , Northern Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , all elected by the people. It is more powerful than the House of Lords , the upper house of parliament. The leader of the ruling party in the House of Commons is the prime minister of Britain; the prime minister chooses a cabinet composed mainly of members of the House of Commons. ( Compare House of Lords .)
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This eminently House-of-Commons logic and morality was too suited to the audience not to be successful.
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They have nothing but admiration for his jugglery and House-of-Commons tricks.
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