townlet

[ toun-lit ]

noun

1. a small town.

Word History and Origins

Origin of townlet¹

First recorded in 1545–55; town + -let

Example Sentences

Accompanied by 'Liza-Lu and the boy, she again ascended the little lane which secluded the church from the townlet.

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He reached the top of the old road where it makes a sudden descent to the townlet, but she did not appear.

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Probably no townlet in England possesses such a remarkable group of ecclesiastical buildings.

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Fringing the townlet, new gristmill and new factory stood where the mother ditch was bridged.

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There the black masses of troops closed up and dismounted, till the whole slope by the townlet was covered with horses and men.

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