townlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of townlet
Example Sentences
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From his balcony at night, he watches the twinkling lights of the nearby townlet and, sitting above it like a judge, the dark outline of a monastery.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017
Esteemed and popular in Gibeon, bustling Anglo-Dutch townlet of South Africa, was Arnold Duerden, sportsman, clubman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dusk of evening was thickening when their train stopped at the townlet of Pangley, twenty-five miles from London, where Van Hupfeldt alighted.
From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis
I felt, I felt, that in this townlet, save the water-gnats of Norway, was no living thing; that the hum and the savour of Eternity filled, and wrapped, and embalmed it.
From The Purple Cloud by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
I soon reached Llan Silin, a village or townlet, having some high hills at a short distance to the westward, which form part of the Berwyn.
From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
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