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garden suburb

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noun

  1. a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Bedford Park Society said that Bedford Park, near Turnham Green station in west London, was the world's first garden suburb, and the inspiration for the garden cities that followed.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2013

The further proposal is to acquire an estate surrounding that open space which has now been secured for ever to the people, and to use this extension to make what is called a "garden suburb."

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick

It was in the early days of the garden suburb movement.

From The Fawn Gloves by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

It was at the beginning of that garden suburb.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

A long line of bullock-carts was filing along the Jaipur road past the garden suburb of Paharganj, conveying country produce into the city.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert

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