bedroom state

noun

A U.S. state from which many residents commute across state lines to work in neighboring states with large cities.

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Meanings

nounbedroom state (plural bedroom states)

plural bedroom states

  1. USA U.S. state from which many residents commute across state lines to work in neighboring states with large cities.

    […]business executives from New York and Philadelphia make New Jersey a bedroom state.

    1963, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics: Part 1, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 327
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