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ladies' gallery

  1. a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators

  2. a portion of the strangers' gallery of the new House of Commons similarly reserved

“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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Some of my favorite exhibits are the first ladies gallery and the presidential portraits.

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During the demonstration at parliament some of the women got into the corridors of the Commons while others "created a scene" in the Ladies' Gallery by shouting "votes for women" slogans.

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Over them is the Ladies’ Gallery, where the view is ungallantly obstructed by a grating. 

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The Ladies’ Gallery of to-day as it exists just above the Reporters’ box is divided into three parts.

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There is a ballot for the Ladies’ Gallery a week in advance.

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