townlet
[ toun-lit ]
noun
a small town.
Origin of townlet
1Words Nearby townlet
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How to use townlet in a sentence
Accompanied by 'Liza-Lu and the boy, she again ascended the little lane which secluded the church from the townlet.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyHe reached the top of the old road where it makes a sudden descent to the townlet, but she did not appear.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas HardyProbably no townlet in England possesses such a remarkable group of ecclesiastical buildings.
Fringing the townlet, new gristmill and new factory stood where the mother ditch was bridged.
Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove RhodesThere the black masses of troops closed up and dismounted, till the whole slope by the townlet was covered with horses and men.
Two Years on Trek | Louis Eugne du Moulin
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