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TIN PAN ALLEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tin Pan Alley mean?
• TIN PAN ALLEY (noun)
The noun TIN PAN ALLEY has 1 sense:
1. a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
Familiarity information: TIN PAN ALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Tin Pan Alley" is a kind of...):
business district; downtown (the central area or commercial center of a town or city)
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