frontier town
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A town situated on or near a country's border or in a newly settled area.
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- Traders gathered at the dusty frontier town to swap goods and news.
- She grew up in a remote frontier town where winters were harsh.
- The railroad transformed the sleepy frontier town into a busy hub.
- A new clinic was built in the frontier town to serve migrants.
- During the gold rush, every frontier town boomed overnight.
- The film is set in a lawless frontier town at the edge of the desert.
- We stopped for the night in a small frontier town just across the river.
- By 1905, the frontier town had become a provincial capital.
- Officials tightened security around the frontier town after the incident.
- If you visit a frontier town today, you’ll still feel its pioneering spirit.