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model town en · NOUN
Meanings
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A town built to a high standard and intended as a model for others to imitate.
Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 385, about Tremadog:
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A miniature model of a town, possibly a scale model of a real town.
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model village