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
Cordova Ronda, owing its peculiarities to the surrounding mountains, was not really very characteristic of the country, and might equally well have been an highland townlet in any part of Southern Europe.
From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
The whole townlet complains of there being nothing to do!
From Yiddish Tales by Various
There—before we came to the steep, straight hill leading up to the bleak and huddled townlet bitten out of the moor, my spirit rushed to the windows.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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