单词 | borscht circuit |
释义 | borscht circuit in American Englishborsch circuit US Informal summer resort hotels in the Catskills and White Mountains, where entertainment is provided for the guests : also borscht beltWord origin jocular, from the characteristic Jewish cuisineborscht circuit in American Englishnoun (sometimes caps) the hotels of the resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment Also called: borscht belt Word origin [1935–40; so called, facetiously, from the quantities of borscht consumed there byJewish patrons]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, Rhodesian ridgeback, hard core, roomette, walk-throughExamples of 'borscht circuit' in a sentence |
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