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Tin Pan Alley

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Noun

1. tin pan alley

a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tin Pan Alley

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noun
1. 
a district in a city concerned with the production of popular music, originally a small district in New York
2. derogatory
the strictly commercial side of show business and pop music

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Tin Pan Alley

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1. 
a district of New York, where there are many songwriters, publishers of popular music, etc.
2. 
a. 
any similar urban area
b. 
the publishers, writers, and promoters of popular music

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tin Pan Alley

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n.
1. A district associated with musicians, composers, and publishers of popular music.
2. The publishers and composers of popular music considered as a group.

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