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Definition of Boom town
1. Noun. A town enjoying sudden prosperity.
Definition of Boom town
1. Noun. A community that experiences sudden and rapid growth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boom Town
Literary usage of Boom town
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Real Siberia: Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria by John Foster Fraser (1902)
"A MANCHURIAN " BOOM " TOWN. IRON rails do not make the best bedding, and a coil
of telegraph wire is not to be recommended as a pillow. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"There is the air of a boom-town building around Ketchikan. ... Nearby Prince of
Wales Island is considered to be Alaska's next boom town (or, in this case, ..."
3. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"There is the air of a boom-town building around Ketchikan. ... Nearby Prince of
Wales Island is considered to be Alaska's next boom town (or, in this case, ..."
4. Mental Health and Rural America, 1980-1993: 1980-1993: An Overview and by Morton O. Wagenfeld, J. Dennis Murray, Dennis F. Mohatt, Jeanne C. DeBruyn (1996)
"This chapter explores the relationship between the rapid changes or Stressors
associated with boom town conditions, mental health needs and mental health ..."
5. Stone; an Illustrated Magazine (1898)
"A boom town BUILT OF MARBLE. 1 and Quebec Railroad, a branch of the Canadian
Pacific Railway," said an engineer in Tacoma, "and in running our preliminary ..."
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