villadom
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Origin of villadom
Example Sentences
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Louise made no pretence of rural inclinations, but had a great liking for tree-shadowed asphalte, for the results of elaborate horticulture, for the repose and the quiet of villadom.
From The Paying Guest by George Gissing
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 Reginald Arthur Bray
From uncouth Whitechapel to artistic Kensington, from sylvan Highgate to the villadom of Dulwich, the amazing intelligence had been conveyed by the presses of Fleet Street, which were still belching forth tons of damp news-sheets.
From The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux
I don't doubt the accuracy of Mr. Riley's Yorkshiremanship, but I do think he has under-estimated the difficulty of localising the peculiar genius of villadom.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 by Various
No, I should be bored and cold, and the coffins would get on my nerves; and besides, there is something suggestive of smug villadom in the idea of going to die at Highgate.
From Simon the Jester by William John Locke
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