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chiltern hundreds

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Noun Phrase
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Chil=tern Hun=dreds

CIDE DICTIONARY

chiltern hundreds,  [AS. Chiltern the Chiltern, high hills in Buckinghamshire, perh. Fr. ceald cold + ern, ærn, place.].
     A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chiltern hundreds, n.pl. a Crown manor, whose administration is a nominal office for which an MP applies as a way of resigning from the House of Commons.

Etymology
Chiltern Hills in S. England
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