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tea party
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1772, from tea + party (n.). Political references to tea party all trace to the Boston tea party of 1773 (the name seems to date from 1824), in which radicals in Massachusetts colony boarded British ships carrying tea and threw the product into Boston Harbor ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A tea party is a formal and ritualized gathering for afternoon tea. Tea party or Tea Party may also refer to:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At one point, half the company are banging rhythmically on a table like kids at a tea party . ▪ I think you should let me throw you a little tea party or something. ▪ It is no chimpanzees' tea party . ▪ The book describes how ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a party at which tea is served
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served. 2 A small gathering of children or their toys, who mimic having a real dinner, often without any food at all.
Usage examples of tea party.
Go to a mining village or a farm or a factory or a fucking afternoon tea party.
She'd used the same china, the same flowers when she allowed Margo to have the tea party she'd so longed for on her thirteenth birthday.
The tea party was a thing of the past in this part of the West, except among the English, who, like so many Saint Teresas scrubbing floors, worked in the movies while living as if still at home in Surbiton.