haltura
n.— «He is treating the Foreign Ministry portfolio as a haltura, (a side job), which has left the Foreign Ministry and all its accumulated expertise in a shambles.» —“Wanted: A foreign minister” by Yosef Goell Jerusalem Post (Israel) Sept. 28, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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