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POISSONS FLOTTANTS [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

In a House of Commons where no party has a clear majority while the "loose fish" may be practically extinct...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

...même si les "poissons flottants" sont peut-être à toutes fins pratiques disparus...Eugene Forsey, cité débats du 23.2.68

Key term(s)
  • poisson flottant

Spanish

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