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.