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Definition of parish-pump adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parish-pump

adjective
 
/ˌpærɪʃ ˈpʌmp/
 
/ˌpærɪʃ ˈpʌmp/
[only before noun] (British English, disapproving)
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  1. connected with local affairs only (and therefore not thought of as being very important) synonym parochial
    • parish-pump politics
influence
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