Boston-marriage
(especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
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- Boston-massacre
a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
- Boston-matrix
noun a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- Boston-rocker
an American wooden rocking chair having a solid, curved seat, often painted or grained, a spindle back, narrow rockers, and usually gilt designs stenciled on the crest rail.
- Boston-states
the New England states, especially Maine and Massachusetts.
- Boston-tea-party
a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. noun (US, history) a raid in 1773 […]