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stewards'; steward's
noun
an informal investigation of any situation UK
Reduced from “stewards’ inquiry” (an authorised investigation by the officials who control horse racing).- [T]hey held a stewards’ there and then. Bags of finger-pointing, blaming and accusing each other of being too old. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 110, 1999
- Pre-order you want the works, but then the bill comes and wallop! Everyone has a steward’s into it. “Oo ordered the rum baba” and all that caper. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 43, 2001
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