(UK, Ireland) A town in the British and Ireland that is a member of the Transition Towns movement and is striving to develop a higher standard of living and an environmentally friendly future.
(UK, Ireland) A town in the British and Ireland that is a member of the Transition Towns movement and is striving to develop a higher standard of living and an environmentally friendly future.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK) Any of a number of government-sponsored new towns which are intended to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability.
(UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
(UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
(UK) A town built to address housing shortages after World War II.
(British) A town whose major shopping areas are dominated by chain stores at the expense of local diversity.