Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characteristic of a small town.
- adjective Limited in outlook or experience; unsophisticated; provincial.
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- adjective Pertaining to a
small town ;provincial .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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David Rittgers, a legal-policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, said the threshold had become much lower in recent years for federal disaster assistance, with FEMA becoming more involved in what he described as "small-town tornadoes" that might only damage a few structures.
FEMA Runs Low on Disaster-Relief Funds Nathan Hodge 2011
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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His father was a "neighborhood lawyer" -- which is what you call a small-town lawyer whose "town" happens to be Brooklyn, N.Y.
Anthony Weiner Resignation: Middle-Class New York Bids A Sad Farewell The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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They are the birthright of small-town America, of communities where people belong to and care for one another.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He had those small-town values—an honesty, a directness.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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My parents, both small-town Midwesterners, loved Franklin Roosevelt and Floyd B.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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