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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant.

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  • proper noun Mythical small town of no importance.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Podunk, name of two New England towns, of southern New England Algonquian origin.]

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