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ALL meanings of tammany hall

Tam·ma·ny hall
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  • noun tammany hall a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power. 1
  • noun tammany hall the building in which the Tammany organization had its headquarters. 1
  • noun tammany hall 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 0
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