market town
nounDefinition of market town
: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times
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Small-market towns have to come up with something else. — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, "Is there any hope for small-market teams like the Pacers when it comes to NBA free agency?," 15 July 2019 In this affluent market town just west of London, John Strafford is orchestrating a campaign to oust his local Conservative lawmaker for being too pro-European. — Max Colchester, WSJ, "‘Armchair Warriors’: British Split Over Brexit Forms Political Fissures," 24 Feb. 2019 Some of my idiocy was knocked from me by a constant procession of small shocks about the way the world outside my rural market town actually worked. — Donal Ryan, WSJ, "Five Best: Donal Ryan on Novels About College Days," 13 Sep. 2018 The event brings thousands of spectators and hundreds of competitors to this ancient market town located 40 miles west of London. — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, "A Fashionable Escape From London Loses Its Buoyancy," 27 June 2018 Photo: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg NEWS On a recent Wednesday, Mr. Rafizi rolled in to Tangkak, a dusty market town south of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and launched into an hour-long harangue about Mr. Najib’s leadership. — James Hookway, WSJ, "Malaysia Elections: Opposition Seeks to Slay Goliath With Smarter Campaigning," 7 May 2018 The rising lake is now just ten miles away from the old market town of Aralsk, where the walls of an empty harbor have been dry for decades. — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Aral Sea Is Refilling for the First Time in Decades," 25 June 2018 What remains of one of Spain’s earliest cities is enough to paint the picture of a thriving market town with its own places of worship, salt factories and irrigation, art, palaces for the wealthy and what would have been stone shanties for the poor. — Smithsonian, "Explore the Ancient Ruins of Empúries," 15 June 2018 Late on the evening of the even, several sources in the historic market town of Windsor, where the venue sits, posted photos and videos of fireworks going off in the distance—supposedly at the reception hall. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "The Truth About the Royal Wedding Rumors That Everyone's Talking About," 1 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'market town.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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