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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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There’s a whole English hamlet full of them.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Six years ago, the town of Chrey Thom was little more than a trading hamlet on Cambodia’s border with Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The rumble of jets and hum of drones "come from everywhere. Especially at night", he told AFP in the hamlet of Barsirini, dozens of kilometres from the border.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The town is essentially a sunny place, full of mostly sunny people, to all appearances, a typical comedy hamlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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