city-hall
city hall
noun (often initial capital letters)
1.
the administration building of a city government.
2.
a city administration or government.
3.
Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, especially that of a city government: You can't fight city hall.
Origin:
1665–75, Americanism
1665–75, Americanism
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| city hall | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the building housing the administrative offices of a city or municipal government |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) |
| a. municipal government | |
| b. the officials of a municipality collectively | |
| 3. | informal (US) bureaucracy |
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