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nouna hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly. Origin of town hallFirst recorded in 1475–85 Words nearby town halltown clerk, town crier, towner, Townes, town gas, town hall, townhall clock, townhome, town house, townie, townies Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for town hallVitter has been holding a series of town-hall meetings and tele-town-hall meetings, signaling the obvious intention. There’s No Getting Rid of David Vitter, America’s Most Contemptible Senator|Michael Tomasky|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST I visited Ohio the week before the election for a Cleveland town-hall meeting to generate enthusiasm for the Romney-Ryan ticket. Obama’s Dirty Little Secret to Winning the 2012 Presidential Election|Michael Medved|November 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST She spoke at churches, in town-hall meetings and at schools. Wisconsin Spa Shooting Brings Back Painful Memories for the Moms of Mass Killers|Winston Ross|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST When a town-hall questioner named Barry spoke, someone yelled “YEA BARRY!” Anxious Moments and Dry Humor for Obama Faithful Watching Debate in Park Slope|David Freedlander|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And both men mixed it up early and often as if they were surrounded by a ringside crowd rather than a town-hall crowd. Brett O’Donnell: Obama Won on Points, But Romney’s Got the Edge|Brett O’Donnell|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST Further on, the scene at the town-hall and the arrest of the authorities became a most horrible drama. The Fortune of the Rougons|Emile Zola The porter of the town-hall had been placed there by the Emperor. Les Misrables|Victor Hugo Guns were fired, the magistrates assembled, and there was a public breakfast in the town-hall. James Boswell|William Keith Leask The speech of Claudius, engraved on plates of bronze, is yet preserved in the town-hall of Lyons, in France. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli The colonists came from their English homes already familiar with the town-hall and its uses so far. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884|Various
British Dictionary definitions for town hall
nounthe chief building in which municipal business is transacted, often with a hall for public meetings Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to town halltown house, courthouse |