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
Its actors are unknowns, its scene a Southwestern tank town, and its subject boredom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without air conditioning, explains a new Texan, Houston would have remained a torpid tank town, and never made it to the status of a big city.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tank town took them all, for itself or for Slingshot, or both.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer
