tank town
Example Sentences
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In 1940 Las Vegas was a scraggly tank town with a tumbleweed economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
They both tell the story of a good ole boy leading his small-top troupe from one tank town to another, juggling dreams of success and threats of eviction, extortion and worse.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was not Mollie Ticklepitcher at all, as Mr. Lord had so kindly supposed, but an actress with a tank town stock company.
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Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.
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I had to wander around that tank town for hours, keeping a blanket-watch on the post office for either the income or the outgo of my precious hunk of mail.
From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver
