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 Louis Tracy
The sky behind the townlet and the church was orange-red; the flower-garden was flooded with a strange warm light that lifted every leaf into significance.
From Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
But he soon escaped to Austria, and settled in 1841 in the Bukovina, in the townlet of Sadagora, near Chernovitz, where he established his new "court."
From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by I. Friedlaender
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