reception town
now rare
noun
A town in which people, especially evacuees in wartime, are received.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Guardian.
- spa
- Spaatz, Carl
- spa bath
- space
- space age
- space-ager
- space-agey
- spacearium
- space-averaged
- spaceband
- space bar
- space blanket
- space-borne
- space-bound
- space cabin
- space cadet
- space cake
- space capsule
- space chamber
- space charge
- bring someone out
- bring someone round (or around)
- bring someone/thing down
- bring someone/thing into line
- bring someone/thing to bay