county town

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noun

the town in which a county's affairs are or were administered

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Words nearby county town

county fair, county farm, county home, county palatine, county seat, county town, coup, coup de foudre, coup de grâce, coup de main, coup de maître

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Example sentences from the Web for county town

It is the county-town; and hither, in 1660, the sheriff-court was removed from Kincardine by Act of Parliament.
The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1|William Finden
He must avoid the prison and the county-town, of course; while both New York and Canada offered him ultimate chances.
The Wild Olive|Basil King
Resuming our peregrinations 'in search of the picturesque,' we now bid farewell to the county-town of Pembroke.
Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire|H. Thornhill Timmins
He was merely continuing his Leicester work, appealing, not to a county-town, but to the nation at large.
The London Pulpit|J. Ewing Ritchie

Alnwick, the county-town of Northumberland, is delightfully situated on the south of the River Aln.
Grace Darling|Eva Hope

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