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smalltown

smalltown is the alternative form of small-town.

Meaning of small-town

Adjective

small-town (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a small town; provincial.
    • He was brought up in the 350s and 360s in small-town North Africa.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 301

Origin of smalltown

From small + town.

Questions about smalltown

What is smalltown the alternative form of?
Smalltown is the alternative form of small-town.

Words near smalltown in the dictionary

  1. Smallthorne
  2. smalltime
  3. smalltimer
  4. smalltimers
  5. Smalltimore
  6. smalltown
  7. Smallville
  8. Smallvilleverse
  9. smallware
  10. smallwares
  11. smallwig

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