"tank town" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tank towns [plural]
Etymology: From the practice of steam locomotives stopping at small towns to take on water. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tank town (plural tank towns)
  1. (originally US) A small, unimportant, place. Related terms: jerkwater town
    Sense id: en-tank_town-en-noun-UGElkdVz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Nothing ever happens in this little tank town.",
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          "ref": "2004, Thomas Penfield, Dig Here!: Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest, Adventures Unlimited Press, page 143",
          "text": "In 1884 four masked bandits held up a Southern Pacific passenger train as it stopped at the little tank town of Panitano for water.",
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