单词 | out-of-towner |
释义 | out-of-townern. A person originating from or living outside a particular town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > person from outside a town out-of-townera1911 out of town1966 a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 162 Except ‘out-of-towners’, the married men were the chief support of their profession. 1941 Reader's Digest May 29/1 Sometimes out-of-towners leave no tip at all. 1958 Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/6 The out of towners swarm in and laugh in the wrong places. 1990 N.Y. Times 11 Jan. b1/1 Howard R. Leary..was the last out-of-towner appointed to that post. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1911 |
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