Brewer's: Long Parliament

The parliament which assembled November 3rd, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell on April 20th, 1653; that is, 12 1/2 years.

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