hat town

noun

A small country town where everyone helps out each other when needed, for example by passing the hat around in the pub to raise funds, as the town is small enough for everyone to know each other.

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Meanings

nounhat town (plural hat towns)

plural hat towns

  1. AustraliaA small country town where everyone helps out each other when needed, for example by passing the hat around in the pub to raise funds, as the town is small enough for everyone to know each other.

    I was born in a hat town....the locals pass the hat around and pull each other through.

    1998, Lee Kernaghan, “Hat Town”, in Hat Town
    1 more example

    Lucy Cooper, interviewer: In times of need Georgetown shines because, Barry says, Georgetown [QLD - AU] is a 'hat town'. Barry Hughes, interviewee: The ethos that emanates from a hat town is you don't walk past anyone that is in need.

    2024 November 25 (last accessed), “25-Nov-2024” (0:06:40 from the start), in A Big Country radio program, ABC Radio - Radio National, AU
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