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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.

city hall

noun

  1. the building housing the administrative offices of a city or municipal government
    1. municipal government
    2. the officials of a municipality collectively
  3. informal.
    bureaucracy
“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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of city hall1

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

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