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ticker tape parade
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1.A parade to honor a person or persons, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete; in subsequent years other types of waste paper were used to serve the honorary function, as well as paper tape distributed specifically for the purpose of being thrown in such a parade.
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Following the ticker-tape parade, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented each member of the team with an honorary "key to the city" at a public reception at City Hall.
Yankees celebrate their World Series win by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
Major League Baseball fans lined the streets for the ticker-tape parade to celebrate the Yankees winning an American professional sports record 27th World Series title.
Yankees take World Series bash to streets of New York by AFP / AFP American Edition
Major League Baseball fans lined the streets for the ticker-tape parade to celebrate the Yankees winning an American professional sports record 27th World Series title.
Yankees take World Series bash to streets of New York by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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