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
Four miles more we carried on gaily, 4-1/4 miles perhaps, for we were almost free from the long townlet of Harleston when more trouble came.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
In front, amid radiating lines of poplars, lay the riverside townlet of Cardillac—gray walls, white houses, and a feather of blue smoke.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fringing the townlet, new gristmill and new factory stood where the mother ditch was bridged.
From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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