small-town

[ smawl-toun ]

/ ˈsmɔlˈtaʊn /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.

provincial or unsophisticated: small-town manners.

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Origin of small-town

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM small-town

small-towner, noun

Words nearby small-town

small stores, small stuff, smallsword, small talk, small time, small-town, small white, small wonder, smalt, smaltite, smalto

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.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turns out, this is the second notorious crook to come from this small town.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
A 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|DAILY BEAST

Even 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|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.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
But those I speak of, the best women of every small town, are constantly active in civic affairs.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
With resignation he made the necessary preparations for the trip, and taking Orlean with him, went to the small town.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
His 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 Kielland
The 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