Synonyms for tea party


Grammar : Noun


Définition of tea party

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun serving of tea
Example sentences :
  • Then I wished that dinner might go on indefinitely like the tea party of the Mad Hatter.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Cynthia was more than delighted with the privilege of the tea party.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • There will be just four of us, and no more of us to the tea party.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Problem » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • When she gave a tea party, she sent her page Jacko to invite her friends.
  • Extract from : « A Apple Pie and Other Nursery Tales » by Unknown
  • Accounts vary greatly as to the number and appearance of the tea party.
  • Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various
  • The other half was occupied by Sprague, also of the tea party.
  • Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various
  • Long afterward, in speaking of the tea party, he said, "It was my chickens that did the job."
  • Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various
  • General Stevens's connection with the tea party is related on a previous page.
  • Extract from : « Tea Leaves » by Various
  • To bring them out only to attend a reception, or a tea party, is a desecration.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
  • "And when it's finished you can have a tea party in it," added Tom.
  • Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Playmates » by Howard R. Garis

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