Definition of Boom town

1. Noun. A town enjoying sudden prosperity.

Generic synonyms: Town

Definition of Boom town

1. Noun. A community that experiences sudden and rapid growth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boom Town

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bookworms
bookwormy
bookwright
bookwrights
booky
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boolean operation
bools
boom
boom and bust
boom bap
boom box
boom boxes
boom out
boom town (current term)
boom vang
boom vangs
boomage
boombox
boomboxes
boomburb
boomburbs
boomdas
boomed
boomer
boomerang
boomerang-child
boomerang baby
boomerang child

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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