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tammany n.〔美國〕坦慕尼協會〔=Tammany-Society...

tammany hall

Starting with the railway systems , steamer lines , standard oil , ocean cables , diluted telegraph , and all the rest , and winding up with klondike , de beers , tammany graft , and shady privileges in the post - office department 從鐵路系統公司、汽船公司、標準石油公司、越洋電纜公司、稀聲電報公司,如此等等的其他公司,直到克朗代克金礦、德比爾斯鉆石礦、塔馬尼貪財公司和郵政部的曖昧特權公司。

There was a better hand across the table , held by a pugnacious irish youth , who was a political hanger - on of the tammany district in which they were located 此人是當地坦慕尼派控制的選區的一個政治食客,他手里有一副更好的牌。