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rust-belt

rust-belt

See also: rustbelt and Rust Belt

English

Noun

rust-belt (plural rust-belts)

  1. Alternative form of rustbelt
    • 1991, D. C. B. Lieven, The Soviet Crisis, Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism, p 26:
      The government in Kiev would also have to cope with Europe’s greatest swathe of rust-belt mines and industries.