Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That runs across the town: as, a cross-town line of street-cars; a cross-town car.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective going or extending across a town or city
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Examples
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But then, I remembered back way back to my theatre days and what tech week looked like to our preview audiences, and I decided to make that cross-town trip again.
Neil Zevnik: A New Paradigm? Now Serving: A Nice Dose of Healthy and a Healthy Dose of Nice Neil Zevnik 2011
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Getting from one salon to the other, she simply hailed a cab or used the cross-town bus.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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After all, our annoying little cross-town brothers need a victory every now and then, I lamented.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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But then, I remembered back way back to my theatre days and what tech week looked like to our preview audiences, and I decided to make that cross-town trip again.
Neil Zevnik: A New Paradigm? Now Serving: A Nice Dose of Healthy and a Healthy Dose of Nice Neil Zevnik 2011
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Getting from one salon to the other, she simply hailed a cab or used the cross-town bus.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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NOTE: Yankee fans did show their cross-town rivals compassion, for one day.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Mr. Kelly's missive to 38,000 employees warned that if cross-town rival American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy-court protection, it will have substantially lower costs than before and will join the other remade "legacy" carriers that are giving Southwest a run for its money in ways they never did before.
Rivals Invade Southwest's Air Space Susan Carey 2011
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Like cross-town rivals BNP Paribas SA and Société Générale SA, Crédit Agricole reduced its exposure to government bonds in troubled euro-zone countries in recent months.
Crédit Agricole Takes Greece Hit Noemie Bisserbe 2011
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Noticing the blue-and-orange T-shirts as well as black or pinstriped replica jerseys of our cross-town rivals, the New York Metropolitans, all I could do was smile.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Getting from one salon to the other, she simply hailed a cab or used the cross-town bus.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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