Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small town.
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- noun A small, unimportant, place. (From the practice of steam locomotives stopping at small towns to take on water.)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[So called because trains would stop there only to replenish water.]
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