Podunk

noun

Definition of Podunknext
as in hamlet

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  1. hamlet
  2. village
  3. cow town
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  • Even Winston Churchill, who developed a flair for painting in the South of France, fell for the charms of this fairytale hamlet: it is widely believed that a canvas depicting a street corner with a fountain was painted by the statesman here in the mid-1940s.
    Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The area has long been divided between the liberal university town of State College, which anchors the region, and the conservative hamlets that surround it.
    Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of hamlet
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  • The village is part of the Town of Warwick, which said in a statement that voluntary evacuations were in effect for residents along one road, power was shut off as a precaution during a prescribed burn, and another key road was restricted to a single lane for residents.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Since then, the village has also undergone a major expansion.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of village
Noun
  • If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.
    Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
Definition of cow town
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