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Noun: Boston Tea Party
  1. (history) demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbour and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbour; organized as a protest against taxes on tea

Type of: demo [Brit, informal], demonstration, manifestation

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