Meanings
nounrust-belt (plural rust-belts)
plural rust-belts
- alternativeAlternative form of rustbelt.
The government in Kiev would also have to cope with Europe’s greatest swathe of rust-belt mines and industries.
1991, D. C. B. Lieven, The Soviet Crisis, Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism, page 26
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