"coal town" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coal towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coal town (plural coal towns)
  1. (US) A company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-coal_town-en-noun-dyxKrjZq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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