ˈsmall-town BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
1 . from, or relating to, a small town:
a small-town newspaper
2 . American English ( also small‧ville /ˈsmɔːlvɪl $ ˈsmɒːl-/) relating to ideas, qualities etc that people in small towns are supposed to have, which sometimes include a lack of interest in anything new or different ⇨ parochial :
small-town attitudes