"dormitory town" meaning in All languages combined

See dormitory town on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dormitory towns [plural]
Etymology: So called because workers return to the town to go home and sleep. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dormitory town (plural dormitory towns)
  1. A suburban or rural settlement housing city workers who commute to work.
    Sense id: en-dormitory_town-en-noun-xi3D-k3X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 60",
          "text": "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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