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单词 tank town
释义

tank town

noun

: a small town

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Sugar Ray Robinson fighting in tank towns, Joe Louis refereeing wrestling matches and glad-handing at Las Vegas casinos—but no one could have predicted such a fate when Ali was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. John Schulian, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017

Word History

Etymology

from the fact that trains stopped at such towns only to take on water

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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