bedroom state

English

Noun

bedroom state (plural bedroom states)

  1. (US) A U.S. state from which many residents commute across state lines to work in neighboring states with large cities.
    • 1963, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics: Part 1‎, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 327:
      […] business executives from New York and Philadelphia make New Jersey a bedroom state.
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