borough hall

noun

: the chief administrative building of a borough

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This is where borough hall, courthouses and cultural institutions are clustered, and the businesses here have struggled ever since government workers were sent home, tourists stopped riding the ferry from Manhattan and the St. George Theater closed to visitors. New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021 There are spiderwebs of regulation from the FAA all the way down to your local borough hall. Greg Petro, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 She is believed to have donated it along with other artworks for public view in borough hall in 1942. USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of borough hall was in 1938

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“Borough hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borough%20hall. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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