Reverse Dictionary: TOWN

ADJECTIVES
► OFF THE STONES off the city pavement, out of the town → a1845 obs.
► OPPIDAN 1. belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country; civic; urban → 1643
2. pert. to a university town, as opposed to the university itself → 1655 obs.
► TOWNIFIED having the style or manners of a town, citified → 1966 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► ARMPIT a highly undesirable town or place → 1968 US sl.
► ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place → 1930s sl., orig. US
► BACKSIDE a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BACKSIDES the parts of a town off the main street → 1823 Sc.
► BANDYWALLOP an imaginary town, far from civilization → Aust. colloq.
► BEAN TOWN a part of town where poor people or foreigners live → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BEDBUG ALLEY a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BEDBUG ROW a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BERG a town, village, hamlet → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BIG APPLE any big city or town → 1944 US sl.
► BIG SMOKE aboriginal name for a town → 1848 Aust.
► BILLY-GOAT ALLEY the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BILLY-GOAT HILL the run-down or poor section of a town; a slummy place → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BORROW a burgh or town → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUNKUM TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BURG ► BURGH a town, village, hamlet → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BUZZARD’S ROW the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BY a place of habitation; a village or town → c950 obs.
► CABBAGE TOWN the poor area of a town → 20C US sl.
► CHECKERBOARD a town, neighbourhood, public gathering place, factory, etc., which contains both Black and White elements → 20C Amer. sl.
► CHITLIN SWITCH any small, rural southern town → 1926 African-American sl.
► CODFISH FLATS the poor area of town → 1960s US sl.
► COIN HILL the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CROSSROADS a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DEVIL’S HALF ACRE a part of town notorious for lawless behaviour → 1959 Amer. dial.
► DINGE ALLEY the Black district of a town → 20C US sl., derogatory
► DOCTORS’ ROW the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DORP a small town → 1835 S. Afr.
► DULLSVILLE an imaginary town that is extremely dull or boring; hence, a condition or environment of extreme dullness → 1960 sl., orig. US
► EAST JESUS a remote or small town or place → 1961 US sl.
► EAST JESUS, KANSAS an out-of-the-way place, a small town → 1950s sl.
► FALLING-OFF PLACE a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FILLING STATION a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FRESHWATER TOWN a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GABBY ROW the area of town where the poor live → 20C US sl.
► GOAT HILL the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOD-FORSAKEN PLACE a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOF OFF to waste time; to play aimlessly when there is work to be done → M20 US colloq.
► GOOSE FLAT a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE GREEN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HILL a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HOLLER ► GOOSE HOLLOW a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE NIBBLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSETOWN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSEVILLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GREASE SPOT IN THE ROAD a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to → 1950
► HAVEN-TOWN a town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town → c1400 obs.
► HIDE-AWAY a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HIGHLANDS the prosperous parts of a town, where the wealthy elite live → 20C US sl.
► HOB’S KNOB the smart, rich area of a town → 20C US sl.
► HONKY-TONK a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ICE-CREAM LAND the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1986 Amer. dial.
► ICE-CREAM SECTION the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JERKWATER ► JERKWATER TOWN a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JUMPING-OFF PLACE a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KERRYPATCH in the US: the part of a town where the poor Irish lived → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LIAR’S BENCH the wooden seat on the front porch of the town’s general store, post office, etc. → 1975 Amer. dial.
► LICKSKILLET the part of a town where the poorer people, foreign groups, etc. live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LOG TOWN a small or unimportant town → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MECHANICS’ ALLEY ► MECHANICS’ AVENUE ► MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city → 1968 Amer. dial.
► METROPOLE a chief town or city; a metropolis → a1300 obs.
► MILL TOWN the poor area of a town or city → 1960s US sl.
► MILL VILLAGE the poor area of a town or city → 1960s US sl.
► MUD HOLE ► MUD-HOLE TOWN a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NAGAR a town, city, or suburb; a district within a town → 1921 Indian English
► NAKED CITY the poor area of a town → 1960s US sl.
► NASHVILLE any unsophisticated, suburban, middle-American town → 1983 African-American sl.
► NATION the native population of a town or city → 1523 obs.
► NEEDMORE a section of town, esp. a poor or disadvantaged one → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NEIGHBORHOOD a town → 1939 Amer. dial.
► NOB END the part of town where the money lives → 1964 Brit. sl.
► NOPLACEVILLE a dull or boring place or town; a small town; a jerkwater town → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ONE-HORSE TOWN a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ONE-LUNG TOWN a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ONE-NIGHT STAND a small rural town → 1899 US sl.
► OWL SHIT JUNCTION any extremely remote town → 1977 US sl.
► PANE a side of a quadrangle, cloister, court, or town → a1300 obs.
► PIG ALLEY the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PRUDENTIALS the discretionary concerns and economy of a town → 1635 US
► PUMKIN ► PUMPKIN ► PUNKIN a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks → 1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use (Bk.)
► RAG TOWN a town built in prosperous times, bound to fall into poverty with the end of prosperous times → 1954 US sl.
► SCRABBLE TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SCRATCH-ANKLE a part of a town inhabited by poor Whites → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCUFFLETOWN a nickname for a poor or disreputable town or district → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SIDE an area of a town or city → 1970s sl.
► SKID ROW a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. → 1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
► SKUNK ROAD a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNAKENAVEL  ► SNAKE’S NAVEL an imaginary, extremely remote town → 1976 Amer. dial.
► SNOB ALLEY the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1965 Amer.. dial.
► SNOB HILL the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1873 Amer. dial.
► SNOB ROW the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1965 Amer.. dial.
► SNOB SLOUGH the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1965 Amer.. dial.
► SNOB’S KNOB the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1965 Amer.. dial.
► SNOB’S POINT the part of a town where the well-off live; Nob Hill → 1965 Amer.. dial.
► STOP a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STOP IN THE ROAD a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STOP-OFF a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STOPPING-OFF PLACE a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TANK a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TANK STATION a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community → 1895 Amer. dial.
► TIN-CAN ALLEY a poor or shabby street or section of town → 1898 Amer. dial.
► UP-AND-DOWN a town → 1930s rhyming sl.
► VILE ► VILLE ► VOIL ► VYLE a town or village → L17 sl
► WHISTLE STOP a small town → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WIDE HOLE IN THE ROAD a very small town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WIDE PATH IN THE ROAD a very small town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD a very small town → 1879 Amer. dial.
► WIDE SPACE IN THE ROAD a very small town → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WIDE SPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD a very small town → 1950 Amer. dial.
► WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD a very small town → 1909 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► B’HOY a town rowdy → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CADCATCHER a term of contempt for a townsman
► GEORDIE a townsman, esp. a working-man → L19 Durham University usage
► HOMIE a close friend, or a fellow townsperson → 1970s African-American sl.
► MAIN STREETER a provincial, small-town person → 1920s sl.
► OPPIDAN an inhabitant of a town, a townsman → c1540
► SAGES OF THE TOWN the elders or wise persons of the town → 1877 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TAILOR a townsman, especially one not used to horses → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOWNIE a townsperson, contrasted with a visiting student or summer visitor → 1852 US sl.
► TOWN-MOUSE a dweller in a town, especially one who is unfamiliar with country life → 1857

VERBS
► RAMBLE THE BOUNDARIES to go round the boundaries of a township → 1865 Eng. dial.