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maiden speech

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[maiden speech] {n. phr.}

One's first public speech, usually before some legislative body.

* /It was the new congressman's maiden speech and everyone was listening very keenly./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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