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Podunk

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Definition of Podunk

as in hamlet

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Recent Examples of Podunk The film, which premiered at Cordillera International Film Festival, was produced by Ken Carpenter under his Nook Lane Entertainment banner, along with Polaha; Adam Karm and Ben Wagner produced with Podunk Productions and AKA Productions. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025

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Noun

But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Fewer than 500 people live in this Platte County hamlet of crisscrossing family lines and where church ties and friendships date back generations.

— Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of hamlet

Noun

Residents were evacuated from 85 homes in the village of Whelford near the base on Sunday, and army bomb-disposal experts used a robot to examine three white vans.

— ALASTAIR GRANT, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Now a charming village, with its traditional church with prominent spire overlooking the town and the old clock tower converted into a wonderful mussel and fish restaurant.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

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What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.

— Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.

— Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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