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ghost town
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ghost town
n.
A once thriving town, especially a boomtown of the American West, that has been completely abandoned.

ghost town
n
a deserted town, esp one in the western US that was formerly a boom town
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Noun1.ghost townghost town - a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
western United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
Translations
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In the introductory notes, Morris writes of her fascination with ghost towns and provides program notes for each song that conjures up vivid images of sunsets, dancing, mining, fossils and old theaters.
We led the fight to obtain federal funds for the ghost towns and spearheaded the request for the early city attorney's FALCON program, and later the CIT and CLEAR programs.
Philip Varney's Ghost Towns Of The Pacific Northwest (08965-85921, $19.
 
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