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metroland|ˈmɛtrəʊlænd|
[f. metropolitan a. + land n. 3.]
The area surrounding a metropolis; spec. the district around London served by the (Metropolitan) underground railway. Also, collect. the people inhabiting these areas. Hence ˈmetrolander n.
1926R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. v. 295 That house at Great Missenden..will suit them exactly. In metro-land, and such nice people all about... They must have a car, though; relying entirely on the Met. is too awkward, with so many strikes and so few late trains... After all, it's not London; metro-land can't be London. Ibid. vi. 298 Metro-landers have pieds-à-terre in London. 1938J. Betjeman Oxf. Univ. Chest v. 102 The houses of Metroland and beechy Bucks dot the landscape. 1940Graves & Hodge Long Week-End viii. 114 In 1923 the London Underground, wishing to popularize ‘Metroland’..published two guide-books. 1951R. Hoggart Auden v. 137 The appropriate isolation for Auden is..isolation in a vast anonymous metroland such as New York. 1963Times 24 May p. iii/3 Under that great general manager Mr. R. H. Selbie, the Metropolitan invented Metroland. 1973Radio Times 26 Feb. 7 The Metro-landers who bought houses took a great pride in their gardens. |