town meeting
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noun
a general meeting of the inhabitants of a town.
(especially in New England) a legislative assembly of the qualified voters of a town.
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Origin of town meeting
First recorded in 1630–40
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Examples from the Web for town meeting
Historical Examples of town meeting
Thirty-six years before there had been a town-meeting in Coniston and a surprise.
Coniston, CompleteWinston Churchill
The only bear-gardens in our community are the town-meeting and the caucus.
It was what might be called the first town-meeting in America.
My Days and Nights on the Battle-FieldCharles Carleton Coffin
Action of the Boston town-meeting and the Massachusetts convention.
The Colonization of North AmericaHerbert Eugene Bolton
Communities have outgrown the folk-moot and the town-meeting.
The New FreedomWoodrow Wilson
town meeting
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