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Word: backbenches
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Noun:
- Australia The rear benches in the lower house where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- British The rear benches in the House of Commons where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- Canada The rear benches in the lower house where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- New Zealand The rear benches in the House of Representatives where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
Source: Wiktionary
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