smaller than a village - larger than a wide spot in the road, a hamlet usually has considerably less than 200 people and is usually tied to agriculture (although many housing subdivisions could loosely be described as hamlets, especially when incorpirated and containing a minimal number of people).
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
The documentary film "Rabbit Hash - Center of the Universe" was about an old and remote river hamlet which contains a small art colony on the western end of the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati Ohio metropolitan area (near another hamlet called Big Bone) that elected a dog for mayor, not once, but twice! The First dog was named Goofy.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
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Get the hamlet mug.1) verb. To deliberate incessantly about a course of action that will lead to the same conclusion in any case.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
1) Dude! stop hamleting. Whether you ask her out or not she's not gonna sleep with you.
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
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To retweet complimentary things others say about you so everyone knows how awesome you are without actually having to say it yourself.
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Get the Hamlet haircut mug.Tower hamlets is place of drug dealing,violence and highest knife crime population in the eastend And one of the poorest boroughs in london
Boy1: bro lets go tower hamlets and play football in mile end football pitches
Boy 2: and get shot?bro im good ill pass
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Get the Tower hamlets mug.Blackburn Hamlet, mostly referred to as "blackburn" but also known as Whiteburn and Crackburn - depending on which part is being discussed - is a small neighbourhood in the East side of Ottawa, Ontario.
Innes road, the main road in Blackburn, divides the area economically.
North of Innes road is typically referred to as "Whiteburn", as the area consists mostly of white middle class families and retired old white people (minus the twin apartment buildings and the town houses around them, which despite being north of Innes are included under the "crackburn" umberella). This part of Blackburn is quiet and stuck in the 1980's.
South of Innes road is typically referred to as "Crackburn", as many parts of this neighbourhood are low income areas. For the most part, it looks more intimidating then it really is, other than the occasional drive-by and swarming/robbery. Some parts, specifically parts closer to the center, are public housing, while some are just shabby rentals. Specifically, 2676 Innes is notorious for it's crackheads and is often refered to as the "baby momma projects" due to high rates of teen pregnancy, as well as the Innes Park Complex twin apartment buildings, which houses many local drunks and drug addicts.
Being one of 2 neighborhoods fully surrounded by the greenbelt, it sometimes feels very isolated living in Blackburn. It can feel anywhere from a small American suburb to a rural ghetto. It all depends where you live and what you make of it.
Innes road, the main road in Blackburn, divides the area economically.
North of Innes road is typically referred to as "Whiteburn", as the area consists mostly of white middle class families and retired old white people (minus the twin apartment buildings and the town houses around them, which despite being north of Innes are included under the "crackburn" umberella). This part of Blackburn is quiet and stuck in the 1980's.
South of Innes road is typically referred to as "Crackburn", as many parts of this neighbourhood are low income areas. For the most part, it looks more intimidating then it really is, other than the occasional drive-by and swarming/robbery. Some parts, specifically parts closer to the center, are public housing, while some are just shabby rentals. Specifically, 2676 Innes is notorious for it's crackheads and is often refered to as the "baby momma projects" due to high rates of teen pregnancy, as well as the Innes Park Complex twin apartment buildings, which houses many local drunks and drug addicts.
Being one of 2 neighborhoods fully surrounded by the greenbelt, it sometimes feels very isolated living in Blackburn. It can feel anywhere from a small American suburb to a rural ghetto. It all depends where you live and what you make of it.
"Wow, Jim's from Blackburn Hamlet, that's pretty ass man" -Orleans Kid
"Nah it's fine, I'm from Whiteburn not Crackburn lol, my house has 5 rooms and a toilet made of gold" -Jim
"I hate living in Blackburn Hamlet, my neighbors are always screaming at 4am unless it's welfare day" -Crackburn dweller #1
"Let's go BBQ some hot dogs on a garbage fire tonight to forget about the pain" -Crackburn dweller #2
(Both of these are real things that happen here)
"Buy us cigarettes or we'll bash your brains in with our baseballs bats" -Crackburn 13 year olds
"Nah it's fine, I'm from Whiteburn not Crackburn lol, my house has 5 rooms and a toilet made of gold" -Jim
"I hate living in Blackburn Hamlet, my neighbors are always screaming at 4am unless it's welfare day" -Crackburn dweller #1
"Let's go BBQ some hot dogs on a garbage fire tonight to forget about the pain" -Crackburn dweller #2
(Both of these are real things that happen here)
"Buy us cigarettes or we'll bash your brains in with our baseballs bats" -Crackburn 13 year olds
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Get the Blackburn Hamlet mug.A small unit of ham, usually a leg, made from genetically altered dwarf pigs, the legs of which are about the same size as that of a chicken's. Eaten in Shakespearean times from suckling pigs, currently a booming market overseas, especially in China.
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