bedroom state
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Noun[edit]
bedroom state (plural bedroom states)
- (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[1], U.S. Government Printing Office, page 327:
- […] business executives from New York and Philadelphia make New Jersey a bedroom state.