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city hall

noun

, (often initial capital letters)

the administration building of a city government.
a city administration or government.
Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, especially that of a city government:
You can't fight city hall.

city hall

the building housing the administrative offices of a city or municipal government
1. municipal government
2. the officials of a municipality collectively
informal.
bureaucracy

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

There's blood on many hands tonight…That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the Office of the Mayor.

At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.

Mallory, Skolnik, and Simmons were all in attendance Wednesday for the City Hall press conference.

Snow fell lightly Wednesday as a League member standing in front of City Hall read the demands.

Justice League NYC met with the state attorney general and held a press conference yesterday at City Hall.

The mayor offered the court the use of one of the council chambers at the city hall, and the offer was accepted.

Both young lieutenants, however, looked decidedly cheerful as they left the city hall.

I passed the Jefe myself on the City Hall steps, and heard him b-r-r-ring like a dynamo.

There was no city hall worthy of the name of this little city which held its head so high.

The City Hall was closed upon other occasions, unless the village talent gave a play for some local benefit.

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