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noun
A village providing a high standard of housing, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and business magnates to house workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A miniature model of a village, used as a toy or as a visitor attraction.
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History
(village with good housing): "Model" refers to the aspiration that the village be an ideal for other architects and planners to imitate.
