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Tam'many Hall'

1. a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tam'many Soci"ety) and associated esp. in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
2. the building in which the Tammany organization had its headquarters.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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