parish-pump
adj/ˈpæɹɪʃ ˌpʌmp/UK/ˈpæɹɪʃ ˌpʌmp/US
Etymology
From parish + pump, the attributive form of parish pump, alluding to its use as a place where members of a parish meet and talk to each other.
Definitions
Of local interest or significance only
Of local interest or significance only; petty, parochial.
- parish pump politics parish-pump squabbles
- Never avoid bars or smoke-rooms, because in the former case you miss the chance of marrying a flirt, and in the latter of having your mind improved by local parish-pump politics, and your head broken by a fool in his cups.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for parish-pump. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA