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Council board   /kˈaʊnsəl bɔrd/   Listen
Council board

noun
1.
The table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting.  Synonyms: conference table, council table.





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"Council board" Quotes from Famous Books



... Poetry inflamed the passions; philosophy undermined the principles; divinity itself, inculcating an abject reverence for the court, gave additional effect to its licentious example. ... The favourite duchess stamps about Whitehall, cursing and swearing. The ministers employ their time at the council board in making mouths at each other, and taking off each other's gestures for the amusement of the king. The peers at a conference begin to pommel each other, and to tear collars and periwigs. A speaker in the House of Commons gives offence to the court. He is way-laid by a gang of bullies, ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 342, November 22, 1828 • Various
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Words linked to "Council board" :   table, conference room


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