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gerrymander collapse: an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage); divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

congressional district collapse: a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

borough collapse: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; one of the administrative divisions of a large city

precinct collapse: a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

municipal collapse: of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz; relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"

ward collapse: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"; a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections; a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another; United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913); English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920); English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

shire collapse: British breed of large heavy draft horse; a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

burg collapse: colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"

municipality collapse: people living in a town or city having local self-government; an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

hamlet collapse: a community of people smaller than a village; the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

electorate collapse: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

decrepit collapse: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

privy council collapse: an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)

divan collapse: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall); a Muslim council chamber or law court; a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author); a Muslim council of state

kitchen cabinet collapse: an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

town collapse: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team"; an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

seamy collapse: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"; showing a seam

brackish collapse: slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"; distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel"

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