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tank town

tank town noun: a small, unimportant, place.

Noun

tank town (plural tank towns)

  1. A small, unimportant, place.
    • Nothing ever happens in this little tank town.
    • In 1884 four masked bandits held up a Southern Pacific passenger train as it stopped at the little tank town of Panitano for water.2004, Thomas Penfield, Dig Here!: Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest, Adventures Unlimited Press, page 143

Forms of tank town

pluraltank towns

Origin of tank town

From the practice of steam locomotives stopping at small towns to take on water.

Questions about tank town

What does tank town mean?
Tank town means a small, unimportant, place.
What part of speech is tank town?
Tank town is a noun.
What is the plural of tank town?
The plural of tank town is tank towns.

Words near tank town in the dictionary

  1. tank stands
  2. tank suit
  3. tank suits
  4. tank top
  5. tank tops
  6. tank town
  7. tank towns
  8. tank trap
  9. tank traps
  10. tank truck
  11. tank trucks

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