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darktowns

darktowns is the plural of darktown.

Meaning of darktown

Noun

darktown (plural darktowns)

  1. (US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
    • But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me1976, Joni Mitchell, “Furry Sings The Blues”, in Hejira

Questions about darktowns

What is darktowns the plural of?
Darktowns is the plural of darktown.

Words near darktowns in the dictionary

  1. darksomely
  2. darksomeness
  3. darkstep
  4. darkth
  5. darktown
  6. darktowns
  7. darkward
  8. darkwards
  9. darkwave
  10. darkwaver
  11. darkwavers

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