brown town
n.— «Colchester has been labelled “brown town” by local addicts because of how easy it is to get hold of heroin.» —“ Heroin ‘cheaper than a night out’” by Richard Martin, Jessica Creighton BBC News (United Kingdom) June 18, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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