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downtown Chiefly US, Canad, & NZ Noun the central or lower part of a city, esp. the main commercial area Adverb towards, to, or into this area
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Translations downtown [ˈdaunˈtaun] down adv → en ville adj (US); downtown Chicago → le centre commerçant de Chicago How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I was glad, when I came home from school at noon, to see a farm-wagon standing in the back yard, and I was always ready to run downtown to get beefsteak or baker's bread for unexpected company. So he entertained Wilson with some airs and graces and attitudes for a while, then stepped out of sight and resumed the other disguise, and by and by went down and out the back way and started downtown to reconnoiter the scene of his intended labors. "I'll be here," promised Ned; and then he went downtown to attend to some matters con- nected with his new duties, which were much less irksome than those he had had when he had been in the bank. |
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