Podunk
any small and insignificant or inaccessible town or village: After a year in the big city, I was ready to move back to Podunk.
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How to use Podunk in a sentence
But that kid from Podunk, now unloading freight at the big-box store, is a universe away from Oxford and a Capuchin friar buddy.
Anthony Swofford on America’s Best War Writer, Karl Marlantes | Anthony Swofford | November 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTEven with the steady cycle of tourists they gaze at each newcomer as though he were the latest comer to Podunk.
Vignettes Of San Francisco | Almira BaileyThe village of Podunk looks down on the neighboring town of Hardscrabble.
The Galaxy | VariousI have an engagement to trim a deacon in Podunk this evening.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford | George Randolph ChesterHe goes to Podunk all decorated up in geraniums and the rest of his life is a 'college man.'
The Spinner's Book of Fiction | Various
He also had other holdings "neer Podunk," and "on ye highway leading to Farmington."
The Witchcraft Delusion In Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) | John M. Taylor
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