dormitory town

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English

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Etymology

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So called because workers return to the town to go home and sleep.

Noun

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dormitory town (plural dormitory towns)

  1. Synonym of bedroom community.
    • 2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 60:
      Whitby has grown up a lot since then. It's become a bit of a dormitory town in some ways for Teesside.

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