boston tea party
noun
Simple meaning
Demonstration by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɑstəntipɑɹti
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Definition
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noun
Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
historical
A political protest that took place in Boston Harbour in 1773, in which demonstrators, in defiance of the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company
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This meaning: Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
Used this way, boston tea party is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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