khaki election

British

noun

a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote

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Origin of khaki election

C20: first used of the 1900 general election, during which the conduct of the Boer war was an election issue

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It would be Britain's third khaki election since the turn of the century.

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