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STOCKBROKER BELT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stockbroker belt mean?
• STOCKBROKER BELT (noun)
The noun STOCKBROKER BELT has 1 sense:
1. a wealthy residential suburb
Familiarity information: STOCKBROKER BELT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wealthy residential suburb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("stockbroker belt" is a kind of...):
suburb; suburban area; suburbia (a residential district located on the outskirts of a city)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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