twin town

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noun

British a town that has civic associations, such as reciprocal visits and cultural exchanges, with a foreign town, usually of similar size and sometimes with other similarities, as in commercial activities

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Words nearby twin town

Twin Peaks, Twins, twin-screw, twinset, twin-size, twin town, twin-tub, twirl, twirler, twirp, twist

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How to use twin town in a sentence

Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
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Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.
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The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
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Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
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Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
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The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
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