The shortening of this phrase to the conventional “bomb shelter” appears in print at least as early as 1895.<ref>John Roy Musick ”Sustained honor: a story of the war of 1812” (1895), p. 383: “He hurried her away to the bomb-shelter, where her father lay raging and fuming, because his infirmity would not allow him to take part in the contest”.</ref>
The shortening of this phrase to the conventional “bomb shelter” appears in print at least as early as 1895.<ref>John Roy Musick ”Sustained honor: a story of the war of 1812” (1895), p. 383: “He hurried her away to the bomb-shelter, where her father lay raging and fuming, because his infirmity would not allow him to take part in the contest”.</ref>
