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Haymarket Square definition

Hay·mar·ket Square (hā′mär′kit)

square in Chicago: site of a battle between police & workmen (Haymarket Riot) on May 4, 1886, following a demonstration for the eight-hour workday

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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