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Mobtown

Mobtown proper noun: derogatory name for Baltimore: a large city in Maryland, United States.

Proper noun

Mobtown

  1. (dated) Derogatory name for Baltimore: a large city in Maryland, United States.

Origin of Mobtown

From mob + town, used in print as early as 1838 by The Baltimore Sun.

Questions about Mobtown

What does Mobtown mean?
Mobtown means derogatory name for Baltimore: a large city in Maryland, United States.
What part of speech is Mobtown?
Mobtown is a proper noun.

Words near Mobtown in the dictionary

  1. mobster
  2. mobsterism
  3. mobsters
  4. mobstress
  5. mobstresses
  6. Mobtown
  7. mobud
  8. mobuds
  9. mobula
  10. mobulas
  11. mobulid

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