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market town

noun

: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Coal and steel built Wrexham, a market town wedged between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley in northern Wales. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 London to Manchester, down to the seaside at Brighton, up north once more — to the unremarkable market town of Leigh — then back to the south coast, before retracing her steps back to Leigh. New York Times, 25 July 2022 At the end of April 1745, in the market town of Kingston-upon-Thames, Mary Stemp was strapped into a chair at Kingston Bridge, where a jeering crowd of some 2,000 to 3,000 people stood waiting. Katie Dancey-downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 Lester Keith Piggott was born in the market town of Wantage, near Oxford, on Nov. 5, 1935. Phil Davison, Washington Post, 31 May 2022 We were headed for Black Spire Outpost, the rugged market town. Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Ford, who is in her early fifties, is from Nantwich, a market town in Cheshire. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022 His first gig was in May 1973 at The Townhouse in Wellington, a market town in Shropshire, England, not far south of Birmingham, the heavy-metal breeding ground of Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and two members of Led Zeppelin. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2022 Jewelry from the collection of Victoria, Lady de Rothschild goes on sale next week at Dreweatts, a British auctioneer based in Newbury, a market town about 60 miles west of London. Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market town was in the 15th century

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