burg.

A town, especially one described informally or with a suggestion of provincial smallness.

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Words that belong together

• a sleepy burg
• a one-horse burg

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He called the place a sleepy burg until the overnight train arrived.

The narrator’s one-horse burg had more secrets than the city she had left.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular burg; plural burgs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.