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borscht belt, n. and a. U.S. colloq.
Brit. |ˈbɔːʃt ˌbɛlt|, U.S. |ˈbɔrʃ(t) ˌbɛlt|
Forms: 19– borsh-belt, 19– borscht belt, 19– borsht belt [Also with capital initial(s).]
[‹ borscht, variant (after Yiddish borsht) of borsch n. + belt n.1 Compare earlier borscht circuit n.]
A. n. (The hotels of) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains, New York State, popular with Jewish people of Eastern European origin; these hotels as a source of (esp. summer) engagements for an entertainer or show.
1940Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 18 July 3/2 The Broadway borscht belt will sprout a dude ranch. 1946J. Adams From Gags to Riches iii. 48 For me, and for a lot of other actors, the borsht belt, in the Catskill Mountains, was a lifesaver during the summer months. 1950Amer. Q. 2 167 A nightclub ‘emcee’ rather than a clown, Kaye began his career in the Borscht Belt and..climbed to a command performance before English royalty. 1973Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 60 434 The [Catskills] resort center shifted..to Sullivan County where the ‘borscht belt’ introduced kosher kitchens, unique entertainment, and famous landmarks like Grossingers and the Concord. 2001Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Electronic ed.) 10 June 4 He also worked the ‘Borsch Belt’, the summer hotels in the Catskills, adding to his theatrical bag of tricks and also getting to know future headliners.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of or relating to the borscht belt; spec. designating, relating to, or characteristic of the comic entertainers or shows popular in the borscht belt (particularly from the 1930s to the 1950s).
1953Nevada State Jrnl. 13 Sept. 4/3 The Mirror's beloved Harry Hershfield doing a Borscht Belt guest shot at Schenck's Paramount. 1966J. Adams & H. Tobias Borscht Belt ii. 17 One day Danny [Kaye] appeared at a benefit at Soldiers Field in Chicago, and the conservative Chicago Tribune headlined: ‘Borscht Belt King a Big Hit’. 1980Washington Post (Nexis) 22 July (Style section) b1 In a voice thick with Borscht Belt intonations, Krupin said, [etc.]. 1984Movie Rev.: Sweet Lorraine (Cineman Syndicate) (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. A pleasant trip down Borscht Belt memory lane in this charming comedy of a fading, Catskill, family resort hotel. 1990Time (Electronic ed.) 29 Jan. 76 Singers and comedians such as Eddie Fisher, Danny Kaye and Sid Caesar, who got their starts on Borscht Belt stages. 2000W. Barrett Rudy! 224 A furor arose over the racial monologues of Jackie Mason, the borscht belt comedian and Orthodox rabbi who had been accompanying Giuliani on campaign appearances. |