small-town
of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
provincial or unsophisticated: small-town manners.
Origin of small-town
1Other words from small-town
- small-towner, noun
Words Nearby small-town
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How to use small-town in a sentence
Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
Turns out, this is the second notorious crook to come from this small town.
It is certainly more stylish than a council flat in a small-town banlieue!
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex | Lizzie Crocker | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA small-town Ohio elementary school teacher just racked up 25 charges on an otherwise clean record for allegedly raping her son.
Ohio Elementary School Teacher Charged With Raping Her Son | Nina Strochlic | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven her most extreme remarks have been delivered with a smile as she radiates the warmth of a friendly small-town neighbor.
Did Joni Ernst’s Des Moines Register Diss Just Destroy Her ‘Iowa-Nice’? | Ben Jacobs | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
But those I speak of, the best women of every small town, are constantly active in civic affairs.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWith resignation he made the necessary preparations for the trip, and taking Orlean with him, went to the small town.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHis first regular novel was "Garman and Worse," a picture of the same small-town society which we find in the novel here printed.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandThe carriage took the ladies and their maid to a small town, some twelve miles off.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
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