Anytownn.
/ˈɛnɪtaʊn/, U.S. /ˈɛniˌtaʊn/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Any real or fictional place regarded as being typical of or resembling a small American town in appearance, values, etc. Cf. anyplace n.
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1919 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 7 Feb. 24/4 The advance fashions for spring and summer... indicate what will be worn on Main street, Anytown, Ohio, next May.
1945 Pop. Photogr. 34/2 The soldier from Anytown, U.S.A., who meets a sailor abroad from the same town..must be photographed for old times' sake.
1991 C. Eddy Stairway to Hell 78/2 He urges nostalgia for downing six-packs and busting cherries..back in Homecoming Week in Anytown.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Feb. i. 17/4 You start driving down side streets in Anytown, U.S.A., and..you see yellow ribbons up in ordinary homes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1919- liquor hide
- liquor house
- liquor law
- liquor licence
- liquor of flints
- liquor of libavius
- liquor of the hollanders
- liquor over
- liquor potassae
- liquor prescription
- liquor question
- liquor sanguinis
- liquor silicum
- liquor trade
- liquor traffic
- liquor up
- liquor vessel
- liquor-back
- liquor-bar
- liquor-cistern
- liquor-dealer
- liquor-fired
- liquor-gage
- liquor-pump
- liquor-saloon