"Massacre of the innocents" Definition

Definitions for the word "Massacre of the innocents" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
when the leader of the House of Commons goes through the doleful operation of devoting to extinction a number of useful measures at the end of the session, for want of time to pass them. _Vide Times_, 20th July, 1859: Mr. C. Foster, on altering the time of the legislative sessions.—_Parliamentary Slang._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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