town

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1. town - Noun

3. Town - Proper noun

Meaning

Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

The court end of London;-- commonly with the.

The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

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Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. George Carlin

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers

I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists. Brigitte Bardot

The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock. Hindi Proverb

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors. Jewish Proverb

That is fashionable in town is never prohibited. Swahili Proverb

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