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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Morrison shelter/ˈmɒrɪs(ə)nʃɛltə/

▶noun a movable air-raid shelter, shaped like a table and used indoors during the Second World War.

– origin named after Herbert S. Morrison, UK Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Home Security 1940–5.

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