house of commons

See also: House of Commons

English

Noun

house of commons (plural houses of commons)

1. Alternative form of House of Commons: an outhouse.
   • 1987, Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker's Heart, page 86:

     Right across western Canada, the "house of commons" is the biffey. Now that should tell you something about the way westerners feel about the goings-on in Ottawa.