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Borscht Belt
(Borscht Belt)
Pronunciation:
/bɔːʃt/
noun
North American
humorous
a resort area in the Catskill Mountains frequented chiefly by Jewish people of eastern European origin:
[
as modifier
]
:
Borscht Belt comedians
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