tiger townとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Referencing Clemson University's athletics teams, the Clemson Tigers, and their mascot, The Tiger. Clemson is a university town, and a large amount of its population is currently or was previously enrolled at the school or a fan of their football team.

固有名詞

Tiger Town

1. Nickname for Clemson: a city in Pickens County and Anderson County, capital city of South Carolina, United States.
   • 2004 February 19, Bob A. Nestor, Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg‎, Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN:

     Although the team had only an 8-7 season record, they managed to upset a highly-touted Clemson Tiger nine 13-9 in Tiger Town.

固有名詞

Tigertown

1. A ghost town in Washington County, Texas, United States.
2. Nickname for Clemson: a city in Pickens County and Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. Alternative form of Tiger Town.
   • 2001 July, Sam Blackman, Bob Bradley, Chuck Kriese, “Discontinued Sports”, in Clemson: Where The Tigers Play‎, Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:

     Coach Eddie Griffin arrived in Tigertown in 1984 and his impact was felt immediately.

   • 2023 December 5, Suzanne J. Roragen, Unconditional‎, Forefront Books, →ISBN, page 188:

     Checking the mail with bated breath daily for more good news rewarded us on February 16, 2016, this time with an envelope covered in orange Tiger paw prints that shouted, "You are Tigertown Bound!" Nick was accepted to Clemson and was Tigertown bound for the engineering program.