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suburban [səˈbɜːbən] adj 1. (Social Science / Human Geography) of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs 2. (Social Science / Human Geography) characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs 3. Mildly derogatory narrow or unadventurous in outlook n
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suburban adjective 1. residential, commuter, dormitory a comfortable suburban area 2. conventional, boring, conservative, dull, ordinary, small-town, bourgeois, parochial ghastly good taste and suburban gentility Translations suburban [səˈbɜːbən] ADJ 1. (lit) people who live in suburban areas → la gente que vive en las zonas residenciales de las afueras de una ciudad he was born in suburban London → nació en una zona residencial de las afueras de Londres suburban train → tren m de cercanías 2. (= middle-class) [lifestyle, values, housewife, family] → de clase media suburban adj area, community → vorstädtisch; (pej) → spießig, kleinbürgerlich; the area is becoming increasingly suburban → die Gegend nimmt immer mehr vorstädtischen Charakter an; suburban line (Rail) → Vorortbahn f; suburban street → Vorortstraße f; in suburban London → in Londons Vorstädten; suburban sprawl → Vorstädte pl suburban [səˈbɜːb/ən] adj → suburbano/a, periferico/a suburban [səˈbɜːb/ən] adj → suburbano/a, periferico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cottage from the window of which the Misses Williams had looked out stands, and has stood for many a year, in that pleasant suburban district which lies between Norwood, Anerley, and Forest Hill. The women whom he had come across in his battle upwards, barmaids and their fellows, fifth-rate actresses, occasionally the suburban wife of a prosperous City man, had impressed him only with a sort of coarse contempt. Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value, he was not proof against the familiar thoughts which the suburban streets and the damp shrubs growing in front gardens and the absurd names painted in white upon the gates of those gardens suggested to him. |
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