Word: chiltern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...personal reasons to leave this island when it is threatened with invasion-for that is not representative of the British people. It is only representative of the rat. If members apply for an exit permit, except for Government business, they should be forced to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds.* Moreover, unless they return to their country in its hour of need, they should forfeit their [British] nationality...
...There is no provision in British law for resigning from the House of Commons, but a member loses his seat by elevation to the peerage or taking a post such as one of the virtually imaginary stewardships of the Chiltern Hundreds, nominal jobs with token pay and no duties...