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  1. In the USA, a closed meeting of regular party
  2. members; for example, to choose a candidate
  3. for office. The term was originally used in
  4. the 18th century in Boston, Massachusetts. In
  5. the UK, it was first applied to the
  6. organization introduced by the Liberal
  7. politician Joseph Chamberlain in 1878 and is
  8. generally used to mean a local party
  9. committee.
  10.