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  • adverb Alternative form of downtown.

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Examples

  • Don't you think a "Billy Goat Tavern" anchoring the northern tip of Aurora's down-town fits?

    Should Aurora Bet $1.25 Million on Billy Goat to Help Synergize Downtown Aurora? 2009

  • Brissenden never arrived without his quart of whiskey, and when they dined together down-town, he drank Scotch and soda throughout the meal.

    Chapter 32 2010

  • That's why real estate prices for single family homes in so called "urbanist" communities like Bethesda and Chevy Chase, with their sidewalks and pedestrians and down-town mainstreets where people walk are so cheap.

    Tyler on Tyson's, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • He seemed to be the only other person down-town that day.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • And as soon as the morning's work was done, I was out of the house and away down-town to get my first drink.

    Chapter 34 2010

  • That's why real estate prices for single family homes in so called "urbanist" communities like Bethesda and Chevy Chase, with their sidewalks and pedestrians and down-town mainstreets where people walk are so cheap.

    Tyler on Tyson's, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • He seemed to be the only other person down-town that day.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • On April 12 and 13, 2010, a fourteen-square-block area of down-town Washington was closed to all but official traffic.

    The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010

  • A low cloud cover turned the upper floors of the down-town skyscrapers into ghostly apparitions.

    THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010

  • A low cloud cover turned the upper floors of the down-town skyscrapers into ghostly apparitions.

    THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010

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