Tammany

[ tam-uh-nee ]

adjective

1. pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the membership or methods of Tammany Hall.

noun

1. Tammany Hall.

Other Words From

• Tamma·ny·ism noun
• Tamma·ny·ite noun

Example Sentences

But though the percentage of Irish among the population of the city was declining, Tammany Hall saw great times in the 1920s.

From The Daily Beast

He opened Tammany to other ethnic groups—he actually fought the bosses on that.

From The Daily Beast

They particularly controlled Tammany Hall, the Democratic machine, but also all sorts of other political organizations.

From The Daily Beast

Tammany Hall is one of those “simple to play, hard to master” game.

From The Daily Beast

Tammany Hall is a game that simulated the dynamics of politics without having to get into the details.

From The Daily Beast

I, followed the fates of my little slum-boys—and what I saw was that Tammany Hall was getting them.

From Project Gutenberg

The Tammany influence was stronger than the Republican, and the women who had led in the incorporating of the club withdrew.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of nine hundred thousand dollars, there were more than one million collected for the Tammany campaign.

From Project Gutenberg

Then wherefore those three hundred thousand dollars of Tammany?

From Project Gutenberg

It was at the close of the repast and when cigars were smokily going that Vacuum returned to the subject of Tammany Hall.

From Project Gutenberg