Definitions for tank town
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tank′ town`(n.)
any small, unimportant, or uninteresting town.
Origin of tank town:
1905–10; orig., a town at which trains stopped to take on water
Wiktionary
tank town(Noun)
A small, unimportant, place. (From the practice of steam locomotives stopping at small towns to take on water.)
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