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A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
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This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
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I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.
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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
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The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
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Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
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Call me when you get to town.
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A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
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A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
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An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
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The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
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A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
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A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.