Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
market-town .
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Examples
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Ormus in Persia is a most famous mart-town, hath nought else but the opportunity of the haven to make it flourish.
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Lying between Greece and Asia, it became the great emporium, or mart-town, the rendezvous of merchants from all parts:
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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