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noun a social gathering, usually in the afternoon, at which tea and light refreshments are served.
(initial capital letters ) a conservative political movement in the U.S. that opposes taxes and government spending: named in reference to the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
Origin of tea party First recorded in 1770–80
Words nearby tea party team teaching, team up with, teamwork, Teaneck, tea-of-heaven, tea party , teapot, Teapot Dome, teapoy, tear, tear apart
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Example sentences from the Web for tea party Such is the difference between life in the civic textbooks and life in tea-party America.
The GOP Could Make Obama Kill Obamacare | Michael Tomasky| November 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
When I asked a tea-party insider recently which Senate races were most important to his movement, he named Sasse first.
Why You Can’t Tell the Truth About Race | Michael Tomasky| November 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He faces a tea-party challenger in a primary tomorrow for various little apostasies, but he is expected to win comfortably.
On Border, a Huge Win for the Hard Right | Michael Tomasky| August 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Except … out in the “Red States” where a hard core of true believers are living in angry “Tea-Party Denial.”
Red States Respond To Obamacare With Angry Tea-Party Denial | Joe McLean| March 20, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Or maybe Pawlenty is trying to appeal to tea-party, fiscal-disciplinarian sentiment.
Pawlenty's Uncourageous Stand Against Ethanol | Michael Tomasky| May 24, 2011| DAILY BEAST
On Thursday, however, there was the tea-party—a Thursday never to be forgotten whilst Peter was alive.
Hal had no opportunity now to display his "tea-party manners" to the camp-marshal.
She saw, then, Morris as she had seen him at that tea-party months ago.
The Cathedral | Sir Hugh Walpole
This was the remark addressed to me by my employer the morning after the afternoon of her first tea-party.
Miss Million's Maid | Bertha Ruck
He cannot endure his mother's friends—the old ladies and the ministers and the tea-party people; they bore him to death.
Roderick Hudson | Henry James
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British Dictionary definitions for tea party (1 of 2) noun a social gathering in the afternoon at which tea is served
British Dictionary definitions for tea party (2 of 2) noun (in the US) a political movement, associated with the right wing of the Republican Party, favouring reduction in taxation and government spending
Word Origin for Tea Party C21: after the Boston Tea Party
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