grace-and-favour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Trump will meet Sir Keir at the PM's grace-and-favour country home Chequers on Thursday.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Mr Sunak also has the use of a taxpayer-owned flat in Downing Street, and Dorneywood, a grace-and-favour mansion in Buckinghamshire.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022
He passes his time farming on one of Mr Obiang’s grace-and-favour estates.
From Economist • Jan. 4, 2018
Grandiose, richly decorated apartment blocks were built lining wide, Haussmannesque boulevards; enormous resources were diverted into skyscraping luxury hotels, or grace-and-favour flats for artists and bureaucrats.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2015
Will it come from Sally Bercow's grace-and-favour Westminster home?
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013
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