boom town

Variant of boomtown

boomtown definition

boom·town (bo̵̅o̅m′to̵un′)

noun

a town that has sprung up or expanded rapidly as a result of an economic boom
also boom town

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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