tea-partyn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-ˌparty.

1. A party assembled to take tea together; a social entertainment at which tea is taken.

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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > tea-party

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1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 92 The arched recesses that are appropriated for tea-parties [at Ranelagh].

1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. 27 357/2 The Rev. Lemuel Whey is a tea-party man.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xix, in Writings I. 196 As comfortable as any dowager at a tea-party.

2. transferred (colloquial or slang.)

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a. Boston tea-party, a humorous name for the revolutionary proceeding in 1773, when the tea was thrown overboard from the ships in Boston harbour as a protest against the taxation of the American colonies by the British Government.

b. A lively proceeding, a disturbance.

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1864 Names Fiction in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Boston Tea-party.

1874 O. W. Holmes Ballad of Boston Tea-party 28 The storm broke loose, but first of all The Boston teapot bubbled!

1903 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 9/2 An electrician's ‘tea-party’ is brought about by a short circuit... In particularly bad cases..explosions of the circuit breakers occur, and showers of molten copper, which often start fires, render the ‘tea-party’ of the liveliest description.

c. A gathering at which marijuana is smoked. slang.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > gathering for taking marijuana

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smoke-in1968

1944 War Med. VI. 383/2 Have you ever been on a ‘tea’ party? No? You've missed a sensation of a lifetime.

1956 J. Symons Paper Chase vii. 32 Used to give tea parties—marihuana.

1972 ‘J. Quartermain’ Rock of Diamond i. 7 Jane hadn't taken tea. She..gave no clue..as to what an inhibited Englishman should do at a midtown Manhattan tea-party.

3. attributive of attitudes, behaviour, etc., held to be typical of a tea-party; bland, insipid, trite, trivial.

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tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) ii. 28 I think he expected the boys to have..tea-party manners.

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose v. 51 There were a few Penguin novels, but they looked dull English tea-party stuff.

1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. ix. 105 Liberal do-gooders with a tea-party attitude towards race.

Draft additions June 2015

Chiefly with capital initials. In the United States: any of various political protest groups, typically seeking to reduce taxation or government spending; (now) spec. a political movement which emerged from a series of conservative protests in 2009 and is associated esp. with the Republican Party (frequently attributive). [With allusion to Boston tea-party at sense 2a; compare also party n. 9b.]

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1958 Los Angeles Times 16 Dec. iii. 2/3 A group of Los Angeles women..emphasized that the ‘T.E.A. Party’, for Taxpayers' Economic Association party, was taking up the cudgels for economy in government.]

1976 Montana Standard 12 Feb. 6/5 A local branch of the Montana Tea Party, a state organization protesting higher rates charged by Montana Power Co., will meet Friday.

1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 30 Mar. An organization called Michigan Tea Party..said it has collected 10,000 signatures opposing the 38 percent [tax] hike.

2009 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 28 Feb. 16 Grassroots ‘Taxpayer Tea Party’ groups began sprouting up around the country over the last week or so.

2010 Independent 17 Apr. 36/1 A crowd of 2,000 Tea Party supporters has gathered to protest ‘big government’..and the taxes they pay to fund it.

2013 J. E. Uscinski People's News iv. 133 Fox News..solidified its reputation as the place to get news for Tea Party members.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tea-party
释义	tea-partyn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-ˌparty. 1. A party assembled to take tea together; a social entertainment at which tea is taken. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > tea-party school feast1708 tea1738 tea-treatc1748 tea-visit1765 tea-party1778 tea-drinking1781 thé1788 tea junketing1820 tea-night1823 tea-shine1838 tea-fight1849 tea soirée1850 muffin-worry1859 kettledrum1861 muffin-fight1876 pink tea1883 bun-worry1889 train tea1895 tea-meeting1897 bun-struggle1899 American tea1915 silver tea1921 bunfight1928 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > tea- or coffee-party tea1738 tea-visit1765 tea-party1778 tea-drinking1781 thé1788 tea junketing1820 tea-night1823 cookie shine1830 tea-shine1838 tea-fight1849 tea soirée1850 muffin-worry1859 muffin-fight1876 coffee-party1886 kaffeeklatsch1888 bun-worry1889 train tea1895 tea-meeting1897 bun-struggle1899 silver tea1921 bunfight1928 klatsch1953 coffee morning1962 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 92 The arched recesses that are appropriated for tea-parties [at Ranelagh]. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. 27 357/2 The Rev. Lemuel Whey is a tea-party man. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xix, in Writings I. 196 As comfortable as any dowager at a tea-party. 2. transferred (colloquial or slang.) Thesaurus » Categories » a. Boston tea-party, a humorous name for the revolutionary proceeding in 1773, when the tea was thrown overboard from the ships in Boston harbour as a protest against the taxation of the American colonies by the British Government. b. A lively proceeding, a disturbance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 1864 Names Fiction in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Boston Tea-party. 1874 O. W. Holmes Ballad of Boston Tea-party 28 The storm broke loose, but first of all The Boston teapot bubbled! 1903 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 9/2 An electrician's ‘tea-party’ is brought about by a short circuit... In particularly bad cases..explosions of the circuit breakers occur, and showers of molten copper, which often start fires, render the ‘tea-party’ of the liveliest description. c. A gathering at which marijuana is smoked. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > gathering for taking marijuana tea-party1944 pot party1959 smoke-in1968 1944 War Med. VI. 383/2 Have you ever been on a ‘tea’ party? No? You've missed a sensation of a lifetime. 1956 J. Symons Paper Chase vii. 32 Used to give tea parties—marihuana. 1972 ‘J. Quartermain’ Rock of Diamond i. 7 Jane hadn't taken tea. She..gave no clue..as to what an inhibited Englishman should do at a midtown Manhattan tea-party. 3. attributive of attitudes, behaviour, etc., held to be typical of a tea-party; bland, insipid, trite, trivial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) ii. 28 I think he expected the boys to have..tea-party manners. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose v. 51 There were a few Penguin novels, but they looked dull English tea-party stuff. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. ix. 105 Liberal do-gooders with a tea-party attitude towards race. Draft additions June 2015 Chiefly with capital initials. In the United States: any of various political protest groups, typically seeking to reduce taxation or government spending; (now) spec. a political movement which emerged from a series of conservative protests in 2009 and is associated esp. with the Republican Party (frequently attributive). [With allusion to Boston tea-party at sense 2a; compare also party n. 9b.] ΚΠ 1958 Los Angeles Times 16 Dec. iii. 2/3 A group of Los Angeles women..emphasized that the ‘T.E.A. Party’, for Taxpayers' Economic Association party, was taking up the cudgels for economy in government.] 1976 Montana Standard 12 Feb. 6/5 A local branch of the Montana Tea Party, a state organization protesting higher rates charged by Montana Power Co., will meet Friday. 1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 30 Mar. An organization called Michigan Tea Party..said it has collected 10,000 signatures opposing the 38 percent [tax] hike. 2009 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 28 Feb. 16 Grassroots ‘Taxpayer Tea Party’ groups began sprouting up around the country over the last week or so. 2010 Independent 17 Apr. 36/1 A crowd of 2,000 Tea Party supporters has gathered to protest ‘big government’..and the taxes they pay to fund it. 2013 J. E. Uscinski People's News iv. 133 Fox News..solidified its reputation as the place to get news for Tea Party members. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1778
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