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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

Rows of solar panels carefully laid around pasture boundaries ripple across fields near the hamlet of Cambridge, England.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

He plans to protest every day until Sunday, after which he has to leave for a job in a hamlet.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Most of the hamlet had burned down, including her house, which was now smoke, and the girl danced with her eyes half closed, her feet bare.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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