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Old 03-20-2012, 07:51 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
Dorothy Dixers ??

Have I had a sheltered life or what ?
What's all that then......
Wikipedia is your friend

Her name is the origin of the term "Dorothy Dixer", a widely-used phrase in Australia meaning a question from a member of Parliament to a minister, that enables the minister to make an announcement in the form of a reply

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