Top Town Quotes

The moon seemed to veil herself before the bold looks of Satan. The night was cold. All the doors were closed, all the windows darkened. and the streets deserted. From their appearance, one would have...

Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks.

Town Definition

(adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

(adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

(adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

(adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

(adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

(adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.

(adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.

Actors are supposed to be these runaways that get in a covered wagon filled with hats and tambourines and go from town to town making people smile.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

London is one of the most fascinating, historic, amazing cities in the world!

Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.