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Definition of
boom town noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
boom town
noun
noun
(
also
boomtown
NAmE
/
/
ˈbumtaʊn
/
/
)
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a town that has become rich and successful because trade and industry has developed there
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boom town
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