-vile sfx
used in combs. to mean town or village; thus deuseaville n.; Rum ville n.
implied in deuseaville n. | ||
True Bills 54: All who heard him when he pounded on the Desk and demanded the Best Room in the House knew that they were standing in the presence of the Young Squire from Yapville-on-the-Crick. | ‘The Fable of Another Brave Effort’ in||
Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Sept. 40/3: If ever I fall for wrestling again you can hand me a pass for Nutville and tell me to come back when I’m cured. | ||
Lowspeak 138: Thatchervilles – the cardboard cities of tramps which have grown up in areas of London such as Lincoln’s In Fields and Waterloo. The word has a similar meaning to Hoovervilles, the hobo jungles of the American depression, and the French Bidonvilles, iron shanty towns. | ||
Ten Storey Love Song 119: Somewhere just west of Shitsville, South Yorkshire. | ||
Hilliker Curse 9: My ancestral home of Shitsville, Great Britain. | ||
Squeeze Me 124: Oh Christ [...] Another escapee from Loonyville. |