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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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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

"We have been a forgotten territory," says Luz Dary Munoz, leader of a nearby hamlet.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

"It was only until I got a bit closer with the drone that I realised it was a fully-fledged hamlet of houses with garages with electricity and lighting."

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Reid’s impoverished youth in a tiny hamlet in southern Nevada gave him an iron will, steep ambition and a sizable chip on his shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

I turned in the direction of the sound, and there, amongst the romantic hills, whose changes and aspect I had ceased to note an hour ago, I saw a hamlet and a spire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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