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noun 1.

a social gathering, usually in the afternoon, at which tea and light refreshments are served.

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a social gathering in the afternoon at which tea is served

(in the US) a political movement, associated with the right wing of the Republican Party, favouring reduction in taxation and government spending

Word Origin

C21: after the Boston Tea Party

Word Origin and History for tea party Expand

1778, from tea + party (n.). Political references to tea party all trace to the Boston tea party of 1773, in which radicals in Massachusetts colony boarded British ships carrying tea and threw the product into Boston Harbor in protest royal taxation. It has been a model for other libertarian political actions in the U.S. (mostly symbolic), including citizen gatherings begun in early 2009 to protest government spending.

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