Cape Town |
the legislative capital of South Africa. (Cf. Bloemfontein, Pretoria.) |
ghost town |
a town that has been deserted, especially one in the American West where gold or silver mines have closed. |
man about town |
a man whose worldly social life and knowledge of fashionable places keep him in public notice. |
out of town |
away from the town where one lives, works, or is active in. |
paint the town red |
(slang) to go on an uninhibited spree. |
small-town |
of or characteristic of a small town. [2 definitions] |
tank town |
formerly, a town at which trains stopped only to fill their water tanks; small, insignificant town. |
town clerk |
an official who keeps town records and accounts, issues local licenses and permits, and manages the town office. |
town crier |
a man hired by a town, before the advent of mass media, to proclaim the news or make public announcements in the streets. |
town hall |
a building where people who govern a town have their offices and, usually, where these people and people of the town have meetings. |
town house |
a home in a city that is part of a row of similar homes. A town house has two or three floors and is connected to the other homes in the row by shared walls. [2 definitions] |
town meeting |
a public assembly, open to all residents of a town. [2 definitions] |