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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921. UK, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From poplar + -ism.

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