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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several satirical observations propounded as economic laws, especially “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.”
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Cyril Northcote Parkinson, (1909–1993), British historian.]
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