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ghost town
noun
- a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.
ghost town
noun
- a deserted town, esp one in the western US that was formerly a boom town
ghost town
- A town, especially a boomtown in the old American West, that has been completely abandoned and deserted: “If you drive through the desert, you can still see the main street of Dry Gulch, a ghost town.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of ghost town1
Idioms and Phrases
A once thriving town that has been completely abandoned, as in Many of the old mining communities are ghost towns now . This idiom implies that there are no living people left in town. [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
It’s a fascinating look at how ghost towns aren’t just dusty relics but can in fact teach us a thing or two about what a vibrant community could be in the 21st century.
Downtown centers became ghost towns, and revenue dropped sharply for coworking spaces as clients ditched short-term leases.
The sudden absence of these workplace cues presents a challenge for anyone whose office stands like a veritable ghost town due to Covid-19.
Visiting the Smithsonian during the pandemic can feel like passing through a ghost town.
The pandemic has turned the world’s financial capitals into ghost towns as nervous workers avoid mass commuting.
As Monday turned to Tuesday morning, five hostages had escaped and the Central Business District had turned into a ghost town.
The sun will set in less than an hour and a hubbub will emerge from the ghost-town houses and farms.
And the Ukrainian army, slowly, uncertainly, but ineluctably, is closing in on this besieged ghost-town of a city.
By the afternoon it was a ghost town inside the campus gates.
It's a ghost town now, just a handful of weathered wooden buildings sagging beneath snow.
According to the map, the ghost town was in a valley next to a dry lake bed.
A ghost town should have ghosts but none walk at the present time.
She said no more about it just then, as they had reached the old ghost town of Gleeson.
The tall, well-built cowboy star swung into his saddle and they trotted away between two tumbledown houses of the ghost town.
The trail led toward the hills back of the ghost town and it was evident that the man they were trailing had rested frequently.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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