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boom town

–noun
a town that has grown very rapidly as a result of sudden prosperity.
Also, boomtown.


Origin:
1895–1900
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boom·town   (bōōm'toun')   
n.  A town experiencing an economic or a population boom.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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