dormitory town
noun [C] UK (also dormitory suburb, US bedroom community)Definition
› a place where many people who work in a bigger town or city live: Originally a dormitory town for Liverpool merchants, its popularity increased as part of the fashionable seaside resort of New Brighton.
(Definition of dormitory town noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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