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downtown

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

down·town / ˈdounˈtoun/ • adj. of, in, or characteristic of the central area or main business and commercial area of a town or city: downtown Chicago | a downtown bar. • adv. in or into such an area: I drove downtown. • n. such an area of a town or city: the heart of Pittsburgh's downtown. DERIVATIVES: down·town·er n.

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downtown

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

downtown •brown, Browne, clown, crown, down, downtown, drown, frown, gown, low-down, noun, renown, run-down, town, upside-down, uptown •crackdown • clampdown • Ashdown •markdown • letdown • meltdown •breakdown, shakedown, takedown •kick-down • thistledown • sit-down •climbdown • countdown •Southdown •godown, hoedown, showdown, slowdown •put-down • touchdown • tumbledown •comedown •rundown, sundown •shutdown • eiderdown • nightgown •pronoun • Jamestown • Freetown •midtown • Bridgetown • Kingstown •shanty town • Georgetown • Motown •hometown • toytown • Newtown •Charlottetown • Chinatown

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	America downtown - new thinking. New life.(Special Report: Living, Shopping,... Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly; 5/4/1998
	Downtown plan's backers speak up.(City/Region)(Twenty-four speakers at a City... Newspaper article from: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/20/2010
	Downtown shuffle: investors, business owners see potential along city's core. Magazine article from: Wenatchee Business Journal; 12/1/2006