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township

/ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ noun C1
  1. The territory of a town.
  2. A subdivision of a county. (US)
  3. An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
  4. A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.

Plural townships

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I’d recognized him in the township, and again when he sprang for me; but his own mother wouldn’t recognize him as I saw him then.
The Valley of Fear, p. 97 · C1

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