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ghost town
–noun
| a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out. |
Origin:
1870–75
1870–75
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| ghost town
n. A once thriving town, especially a boomtown of the American West, that has been completely abandoned. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| ghost town | |
noun | |
| a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
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ghost town
A once thriving town that has been completely abandoned, as in Many of the old mining communities are ghost towns now. This idiom implies that there are no living people left in town. [First half of 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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ghost town
A town, especially a boomtown in the old American West, that has been completely abandoned and deserted: “If you drive through the desert, you can still see the main street of Dry Gulch, a ghost town.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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