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noun 
  1. A question asked of a minister by a member of his own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticize the opposition, etc.
Etymology: Named after US advice columnist w:Dorothy Dix, Dorothy Dix (1870-1951) and reputedly from Dix herself inventing some of the more interesting readers' questions she answered.


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