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Anderson shelter
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English
Etymology
Named after Sir John Anderson, who initiated the development of the shelter.
Noun
An air-raid shelter made from curved and straight galvanised corrugated steel panels.
en 1939 November Charles E. Lee Railways and the War — I Railway Magazine 313 The now familiar Anderson air-raid shelter, officially described as "the galvanised corrugated steel shelter," was manufactured in sections by numbers of firms in different parts of the country.
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