prawn cocktail offensive

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English

Etymology

Compare charm offensive. Prawn cocktail implies taking people out for lunch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

prawn cocktail offensive

  1. (idiomatic) a strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance