Need help filling blank spaces in an audio clip transcription

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Baffol2asta

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Here is the audio clip.

What I get:

Mayor: Laura, it is such a pleasure to meet you!
Laura: Th- thank you, it's nice to meet you!
Mandy: She's an architect
Mayor: Oh, I know, I know everything about Laura.
Laura: But, how's that?
Mayor: So, loose lips, big ears, smaller [???]

Thank you for your help!
 

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I can't make out the last word, but it starts with a P. The preceding word is small.
 

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Here is the audio clip.

What I get:

Mayor: Laura, it is such a pleasure to meet you!
Laura: Th- thank you, it's nice to meet you too!
Mandy: She's an architect
Mayor: Oh, I know, I know [STRIKE]everything[/STRIKE] all about Laura.
Laura: But, how's that?
Mayor: So, loose lips, big ears, smaller [???]

Thank you for your help!

Intriguing! I've listened to it three times and I can't work it out. It sounds a bit like "power" but that doesn't really make sense in the context. Mind you, I can't think of a word that would make sense there!
 

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I made a slower and amplified version of the audio clip. Here it is, in case it could use. It would make sense that he said "small town" but it sounds like a P to me too, even though I'm not a native speaker...
 

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Aha! I think you've hit the nail on the head. "Small town" does make perfect sense and actually, slowed down, it sounds less like a "p".
 
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