villadom

American  

[vil-uh-duhm] / ˈvɪl ə dəm /

noun

British.

1. villas collectively.

2. suburban life and society; suburbia.

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Etymology

Origin of villadom

First recorded in 1875–80; villa + -dom

Example Sentences

Table II. includes the electoral areas of Dulwich and Lewisham; it may be regarded as typical of suburban villadom so far as its inhabitants send their children to the elementary schools.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur

The florist who might dare to offer such a catalogue to the public would be speedily assailed by all the horticultural journalists of England and all the customers of villadom.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

And so these three little people, the Breezys, went into the labyrinths of villadom, up one street and down another.

From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo

In that servile neighbourhood, almost entirely inhabited by the flunkeys of villadom, it was a complete novelty to him to be thus bearded in his den.

From The British Barbarians by Allen, Grant

In suburban villadom, pictured in Table III., the clerk is often father to the clerk, while the son of a shopkeeper occasionally assists his parents in the shop.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur