tank town

Example Sentences

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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

Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.

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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.

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I've pulled the Washington on tank town weeklies, trimmed boiler plate on all-home-print, and attained the eminence of space writer on county seat dailies.

From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent