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单词 one-horse town
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one-horse town

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A small and unimportant place, as in Ours was just a one-horse town until the nuclear plant was built. This expression, first recorded in 1857, presumably alluded to a town so small that a single horse would suffice for its transportation needs.

Words nearby one-horse town

Onega Bay, One good turn deserves another, Oneg Shabbat, one-handed, one-horse, one-horse town, Oneida, Oneida Community, Oneida Lake, One if by land, and two if by sea, O'Neill
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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