tank town
Americannoun
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a town where trains stop to take on a supply of water.
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any small, unimportant, or uninteresting town.
Etymology
Origin of tank town
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was not Mollie Ticklepitcher at all, as Mr. Lord had so kindly supposed, but an actress with a tank town stock company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its actors are unknowns, its scene a Southwestern tank town, and its subject boredom.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1940 Las Vegas was a scraggly tank town with a tumbleweed economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
I've pulled the Washington on tank town weeklies, trimmed boiler plate on all-home-print, and attained the eminence of space writer on county seat dailies.
From Thirty by Howard Vincent O'Brien
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