# Eatanswill

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.

## Etymology
Name of the fictitious setting of riotous parliamentary elections in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Derived from eat and swill; see swill (“to drink”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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