one-horse town
A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no…A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no attractions.
Meaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic)A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no attractions.
It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.
Kuhdorf
заштатный го́родzaštatnyj górod, захолустный го́родzaxolustnyj górod, захолу́стьеzaxolústʹje
Translations
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Origin
The term “one-horse” originated as an agricultural phrase, meaning to be drawn or worked bThe term “one-horse” originated as an agricultural phrase, meaning to be drawn or worked by a single horse. This led to the use of this phrase in a metaphorical sense as something that is small or insignificant. Charles Dickens explained in his publication All the Year Round (1871):
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Forms
plural: one-horse towns| Singular | one-horse town |
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Synonyms
49 synonymsSee also
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