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doughnut verb- to cluster around a speaker, voicing support UK
When television cameras were introduced in the House of Commons in 1989, their focus was exclusively on the speaker. To give the impression of support of, or even interest in, what was being said, other MPs would cluster around–“doughnut”–the speaker, muttering words of support. - — Nicholas Jones, Hackers, Hotting and Hooray Henrys, p. 23, 1992
- to win a game without your opponent scoring US
- — Dick Squires, The Other Racquet Sports, p. 220, 1971: “Glossary”
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