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Definition of Tea party
1. Noun. A party at which tea is served.
Definition of Tea party
1. Noun. Any of various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States. ¹
2. Proper noun. Various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States, taken as a whole. ¹
3. Noun. A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served. ¹
4. Noun. A small gathering of children or their toys, who mimic having a real dinner, often without any food at all. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Party
Literary usage of Tea party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"KATHARINE'S TEA-PARTY. BY BELLE MOSES. THERE was quite a flutter among Katharine's
twelve particular friends, when each received a dainty note of invitation ..."
2. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (2007)
"A MAD TEA-PARTY. THERE was a table set out under a tree in front of the house,
and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it : a Dormouse was ..."
3. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA- PARTY [December 16, 1773] No! never such a draught
was poured Since Hebe served with nectar The bright Olympians and their Lord, ..."
4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA- PARTY [December 16, 1773] No ! never such a draught
was poured Since Hebe served with nectar The bright Olympians and their Lord ..."
5. The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia Peabody Hale (1914)
"WAS important to have a tea-party, as they had all been invited by everybody, —
the Brom wicks, ... TEAPARTY."
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