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Antonyms for dust bowl


Grammar : Noun



Definition of dust bowl

Origin :
  • also dustbowl, "drought-plagued region of the U.S. Midwest," first recorded 1936.
  • As in waste : noun land that is uncultivated
Example sentences :
  • Dramatic picturization of the forces of nature operating in what droughts of the 1930's caused to be called "the Dust Bowl."
  • Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie
  • During the dust bowl period, millions of people were forced to abandon their farms and livelihoods.
  • Extract from : « Deserts » by A. S. Walker
  • The people from the Dust Bowl, as the district is called, had to migrate, or starve.
  • Extract from : « Across the Fruited Plain » by Florence Crannell Means

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