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dormitory town

noun [C]
 
UK (US bedroom community)

Definition

a place from which many people travel in order to work in a bigger town or cityTowns, cities and villages (general)
(Definition of dormitory town noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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