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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ghost′ town′,

a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.

1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ghost town

a deserted town, esp one in the western US that was formerly a boom town

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