Tammany Society

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Variant of Tammany

Tammany definition

☆ Tam·many (tam′ə nē)

noun

a powerful Democratic political organization of New York City, incorporated in 1789 and historically often associated with bossism and other political abuses
also Tammany Society or Tammany Hall

Etymology: after Tamanen(d), a 17th-c. Delaware chief renowned for his superior qualities: meaning of his name unknown

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