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Anti-Corn Law League

British  

noun

  1. an organization founded in 1839 by Richard Cobden and John Bright to oppose the Corn Laws, which were repealed in 1846

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The world’s first industrial city, Victorian Manchester was a hotbed of radical ideas, home to Anti-Corn Law League agitators and rioting Chartists.

From The Guardian Jun. 7, 2017

I'm surprised that we don't have an Anti-Tesco League today to match the Anti-Corn Law League of the 19th century.

From The Guardian Sep. 18, 2010

Anti-Corn Law League was organised to help give cheap food to the masses.

From Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget by Loisette, A. (Alphonse)

The divorce of the labourer from the land was complete at the time when the Anti-Corn Law League was formed.

From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)

In the meantime he assisted Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1838. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.

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