any arid region characterized by the occurrence of frequent dust storms
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Dust Bowl
region in SC U.S., including parts of Okla. & Tex., where eroded topsoil was blown away by winds during a drought in the 1930s
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dust bowl
noun
A region reduced to aridity by drought and dust storms.
Origin of dust bowl
After the Dust Bowl , region in the south-central US that was stricken with drought in the 1930sTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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