Tammany.
Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party.
Meaning & usage
Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party.
The nickname of the New York County Democratic Party, until the success of reform elements in the 1970s.
A style of corrupt democratic politics.
Where this word comes from
Tamanend or Tammany was a chief of part of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley who became a hero to the colonists and gave his name to organizations throughout the American colonies beginning in 1772. One was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which became the New York County Democratic Party organization.
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