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kangaroo court (kang-guh-ROO kort) noun
A mock court set up with disregard to proper procedure to deliver a judgment arrived at in advance. [Origin unknown.] "`This is a kangaroo court,' the Australian coach, Don Talbot, told Vlaskov in a heated argument on the pool deck. `Do you know what that is? It's a farce.'" Thorpe Wins; U.S. Relay Is Disqualified, The New York Times, Jul 26, 2001. This week's theme: animal words. ............................................................................ To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love. -Karl Viktor von Bonstetten, author (1745-1832) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Change address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/kangaroo_court.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/kangaroo_court.ram
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