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Tammany Hall

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Tammany Hall [ˈtæmənɪ]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US Politics the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county. Originally founded as a benevolent society (Tammany Society) in 1789, Tammany Hall was notorious for the corruption in city and state politics that it fostered in the 19th and early 20th centuries Also called Tammany
Tammanyism  n
Tammanyite  n
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Noun1.Tammany HallTammany Hall - a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
Tammany, Tammany Society
organization, organisation - a group of people who work together
Democratic Party - the older of two major political parties in the United States


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She crumpled up like a can that has been kicked by a heavy boot, her forepart came down in the square, and the rest of her length, with a great snapping and twisting of shafts and stays, descended, collapsing athwart Tammany Hall and the streets towards Second Avenue.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
O'Sullivan has had a telephone message to go down to Tammany Hall.
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