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Anderson shelter n. a small prefabricated air-raid shelter devised by Mr. (later Sir) William Paterson, a Scottish engineer, and adopted while Sir John Anderson was Home Secretary (1939–40). Also ellipt.
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1939 New Statesman 3 June 860/2 Goats sheltered from high explosive in Anderson shelters were claimed to be quite unhurt.
1939 War Illustr. 29 Dec. 535 An Anderson shelter erected in a kitchen because there is no garden space available.
1940 New Statesman 9 Nov. 465/2 Where's my rabbits?..Kept 'em in the Anderson.
1944 Modern Reading x. 87 ‘Cold?’ Dad asked her. ‘No. Like toast. That's the best of Andersons, you can get warm in them.’
1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. X. 89/1 Anderson shelters were small, curved, steel huts, partially buried in people's gardens and covered with 2 or 3 feet of earth to protect them from the effects of explosion.
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