Pey ‧ ton Place /ˌpeɪtn ˈpleɪs/ BrE AmE
a novel by Grace Metalious that was made into a very popular television ↑ soap opera (1964–68), about the lives of a group of people in a small town in ↑ New England . People sometimes say that a situation is like Peyton Place when they mean that a group of people have many secrets and complicated emotional relationships.