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Synonyms for small-town


Grammar : Adj
Spell : smawl-toun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmɔlˈtaʊn

Top 10 synonyms for small-town Other synonyms for the word small-town

Définition of small-town

Origin :
  • "unsophisticated, provincial," 1824, from noun phrase, from small (adj.) + town.
  • adj local
Example sentences :
  • Another of her relatives, a niece, had married a small-town sharper.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • She was the eldest daughter of a small-town lawyer, in Vermont.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
  • She was an untrained, ambitious, thoroughly commonplace, small-town girl.
  • Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Her taste in dress was soubrettish and flagrant, but it was not small-town.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • It may be the small-town way, but you know things maybe I don't know.
  • Extract from : « Poor White » by Sherwood Anderson
  • There is a trick that was often used in small-town elections.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
  • He had listened to the call of the city, but he was still a small-town man.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Cockade » by Temple Bailey
  • It is difficult for a small-town girl to think of reasons for going into a bank.
  • Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
  • Suppose, then, on top of all the drawbacks of small-town life, the girls had to work under big-city factory conditions?
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • It's a cleaner trade than typesetting and fussing round a small-town print shop.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
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