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only games in town

only games in town is the plural of only game in town.

Meaning of only game in town

Noun

only game in town (plural only games in town)

  1. (idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The only opportunity, activity, or resource available.
    • It was the first elected position he had ever held, his single incumbency and, he had to admit, his best prospect, the only game in town.1973, Stanley Elkin, Searches & Seizures: Three Novellas, Boston, Mass.: Nonpareil Books, David R. Godine, Publisher, →ISBN, page 265

Questions about only games in town

What is only games in town the plural of?
Only games in town is the plural of only game in town.

Words near only games in town in the dictionary

  1. only daughter
  2. only daughters
  3. only dead fish go with the flow
  4. only fools and horses work
  5. only game in town
  6. only games in town
  7. only if
  8. only in Ohio
  9. only just
  10. only move
  11. only moves

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