Five Towns

British  

noun

1. the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent

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Example Sentences

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has insisted local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns are still going ahead despite claims the plans have been watered down.

From BBC

Mr. Greenberg, an affable redhead at 6 feet 4 inches tall who was raised in the Five Towns area of Long Island, opened his first bakery in Manhattan in 1946, in a narrow storefront on East 95th Street, near Second Avenue, with $3,000 — poker winnings from games he played in the Army.

From New York Times

He was soon baking for the Five Towns Woman’s Exchange and by 16 had hired his first employee, a classmate from home economics.

From New York Times

Hunter is currently the only reporter left at his paper, serving about 5,000 residents in five towns, and he’s not taking a salary.

From Seattle Times

Kominsky-Crumb was born on Long Island, in the suburb of Five Towns.

From Seattle Times