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boom town

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boom town
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) a town that is enjoying sudden prosperity or has grown rapidly
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Noun1.boom town - a town enjoying sudden prosperityboom town - a town enjoying sudden prosperity    
town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
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boom town n → città f inv in rapidissima espansione
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Dublin itself looks and feel like a boom town with the streets crowded.
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