2. Noun. (by extension) (plural of suburb) ¹
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Definition of Suburbs
1. suburb [n] - See also: suburb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suburbs
Literary usage of Suburbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1889)
"I must proceede to speak of the suburbs. Of which I shall say but little, ...
Soe that what will remaine in the suburbs to be spoken off besides these, are, ..."
2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"Concerning the estate of the suburbs of this city, in the reign of Henry II.,
... On all sides, without the houses of the suburbs, are the citizens' gardens ..."
3. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1902)
"30, 72 ; in Outlying Southern suburbs (West), 102, 124, 126; in Outlying Southern
suburbs (East), 140, 144 — savings banks and provident c'.ubs, ..."
4. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"... formal rows of workmen's dwellings which naturally spring up around all modern
hives of industry. The suburbs of Leeds which lie in this fringe of ..."
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