townetten.
/taʊˈnɛt/, U.S. /ˌtaʊˈnɛt/ colloquial.
A small town.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town
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townikina1813
townette1839
boroughlet1864
townling1866
towneen1893
1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley xiii. 115 Though not quite a town, it was something more than a village: the French call those mule-like domiciles, between a house and a bandbox, maisonnettes, and I don't see why Blichingly should not be called a townette.
1880 J. B. Harwood Young Ld. Penrith I. xiii. 211 It would be unreasonable to expect a tiny townette such as Treport to engage as the chief of its police a man of tact as well as energy.
1921 Washington Post 29 May (Mag. section) 3/1 A Maryland townette where nothing more exciting than holding up bootlegging autos ever occurs.
1993 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 June (Features section) The spa townette of Luso.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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