Brewer's: Broad Bottom Ministry

(1744). Formed by a coalition of parties: Pelham retained the lead; Pitt supported the Government; Bubb Doddington was treasurer of the navy.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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