villadom
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Origin of villadom
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It was an age of beauty, and the walks round Stratford remain beautiful to this hour, despite the growth of villadom and the advent of the railway line.
From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by A. (Amédée) Forestier
The private gardens of urban or suburban villadom were soon too small for the wielders of the racquet.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
"Far from all the prettinesses of glorified villadom."
From Gossamer 1915 by George A. Birmingham
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 Grant Allen
They do something to the old places—I don't know what they do—but instantly the countryside becomes a villadom.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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