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suburban

/səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/ adjective C1
  1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs. · a new electoral district embracing both suburban and urban areas
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A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 55 · C1
I have seen death in many forms, but never has it appeared to me in a more fearsome aspect than in that dark grimy apartment, which looked out upon one of the main arteries of suburban London.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 29 · B2
There is Mortimer’s, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane’s carriage-building depot.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my problem.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 32 · B2

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