0 used to refer to small social groups where ordinary people live:
1 of or from a small town, and sometimes having a simple or limited quality:
The range of pottery found on small-town sites and those in large towns does not seem to differ greatly.
In reality, though, he remained a frustrated small-town police commissioner, blocked at every turn by a stubborn town council.
My father was a small-town banker, in a one-industry town: textiles and textile machinery.
Then in 1956 he became a leading figure on a small-town revolutionar y committee.
For farming and small-town families at the beginning of the century, the heaviest meal of the day was served at noon, and the evening meal was lighter.
I taught for some years in the secondary sector; first, in a very traditional boys' public school, and then in a small-town comprehensive.
The noise and smells in these villages and small-town environments are horrific.
They are a direct result of the climate of enterprise that is created in a rural and small-town environment.
