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Definition of townie in English: townie(also towny, townee) noun ˈtaʊniˈtaʊni derogatory, informal 1A person who lives in a town, especially as distinct from one who lives in the country. the movement of townies to the countryside is a threat Example sentencesExamples - He's stuck in a pebble-dashed council house on the edge while townies occupy the cottage that his grandparents once lived in.
- It was only the incoming townies who ever kicked up about it.
- This is the simple aspect of the proposed plan that is lost on townies who know only concrete, Tarmac and a town park.
- I live in the country (well before all the townies moved in) and I'm fully aware that foxes need controlling, they are in the main mangy diseased creatures and I'm fully aware that banning hunting with dogs won't save the life of a single fox.
- There are many townies who do not survive such trials but there are also many who doggedly remain, and at last there are new magazines and organisations that offer support - and much needed advice.
- Not all small communities see the benefits, however, and the taverns of Port McNeill have seen heated arguments between pro-farming townies and anti-farming islanders.
- I think at the moment the spin merchants and townies are trying to push the countryside that bit too far.
- In recent weeks, he has sneered and jeered and delighted in telling pro-hunting country people to submit to the will of the townies in banning the hunt and sentencing tens of thousands of hounds to death.
- When asked about the 92% that are vehemently opposed to the proposition, she declares them all to be trouble makers, Luddites, townies, misty eyed liberals - or suffering from Mad Cow disease.
- In Britain, we have townies and country folk, northerners and southerners, but Spain has 17 distinct regions, each with its own food, festivals and politics.
- We have heard that the business consortium want to dictate to the county board, that they are all townies and are trying to seize control on behalf of the town clubs, that it is only the senior footballers that they are interested in.
- If, as promised, they throng through the streets of London when the ban comes into force in February, any civil disobedience will only harden the attitudes of the liberal townies whose routines they will be disrupting.
- Lots of townies and people with a couple of acres are buying hens, just to have them milling around their feet.
- A growing number of townies have been phoning Sarah at her home in Milford on Sea to book a stress-busting session at her riding school.
- The 1960s were full of ballrooms of no chance, lacquered townies and long stepping country men who came looking for their hearts delights under fat Harvest moons.
- Outdoor activities are the main theme, just as you would expect given the particularly rugged beauty of the surrounding countryside, making it ideal for townies who need a couple of days away from the city.
- Fed up with annoying townies blathering on about the countryside?
- It's a typical case of townies trying to tell people how to run the countryside.
- People like them will never be rural dwellers, just townees with a house in the country.
- 1.1 A person who is a local resident in a university town, rather than a student.
the beat cut through any differences there might have been between townies and students Example sentencesExamples - From cards to boats to horses, the townies of Oxford seemed only too willing to indulge the students in morally questionable pastimes.
- Having conveniently forgotten our vows never to return, we showed off our still-attached limbs, teaching the mix of students and townies the art of disco-dancing.
- Would anyone suggest that the citizens of those towns - undergrads and townies alike - should submit all their local decisions to the U.S. Congress?
- But when she actually comes across a guy who finds her interesting, she brusquely pushes him away because of her insecurities and because he's a townie, not good enough to be associating with prep-school girls.
- Professors, students, and townies alike stood around us, sobbing silently at the destruction of the most beloved building on campus.
- Ruth worries that Natalie is older than Frank and a single mother, but worse, that she's a townie and a distraction from his studies and eventual career.
- 1.2British A loutish or aggressive young person.
a gang of townies cornered one of his friends near the Museum Gardens Example sentencesExamples - Daniel - a so-called Goth, who wears black clothes - claims he has been assaulted twice then mugged by "townie" gangs.
- The problem is with groups of townies who clog up the shopping centre on a Saturday afternoon.
- I didn't take a photo of the townie in a Burberry cap outside the Indian restaurant.
- There are more gangs of 'townies' hanging around Blackburn who are damaging surroundings and disturbing the peace, but do I see them being told to move?
adjectiveˈtaʊniˈtaʊni informal Relating to or characteristic of a town. the bar's got a great vibe, not too snobby and not too towny all the usual towny stuff is at the bottom of the hill Example sentencesExamples - The bijou townie character of a lot of the new development is quite out of keeping with the historic character of the town.
- Every pub was filled with studenty types, so we headed towards The Old School, which is considered to be a towny pub and not too popular with the student element.
- In the eyes of the townie taxpayer, the image of the moaning farmer has long flourished.
- We got a bit worried when we saw a couple of police cars, but luckily they were country policemen rather than townie jobsworths, so we just got a look.
- With only a few quiet words, he can solve any and all problems confronting towny fishermen like ourselves.
- What was once a cool vibrant atmosphere has been replaced by a slightly towny/laddy vibe that really isn't worth the trek to get to.
- I didn't really fancy her (she was nice but a bit towny), so the pressure was off a little.
- You need to get out more - try hanging out in a townie bar and see what happens.
- He began to run outdoor pursuit centres, whose main aim was to show mainly townie children the joys - and perils - of the countryside.
- We have some townie friends coming to stay next week.
- When I went to university in Birmingham, I lived in the red-light district which was just so buzzy that I realised immediately I was a towny person!
Definition of townie in US English: townie(also towny) nounˈtounēˈtaʊni derogatory, informal 1A person who lives in a town (used especially with reference to their supposed lack of familiarity with rural affairs). Example sentencesExamples - This is the simple aspect of the proposed plan that is lost on townies who know only concrete, Tarmac and a town park.
- I live in the country (well before all the townies moved in) and I'm fully aware that foxes need controlling, they are in the main mangy diseased creatures and I'm fully aware that banning hunting with dogs won't save the life of a single fox.
- People like them will never be rural dwellers, just townees with a house in the country.
- If, as promised, they throng through the streets of London when the ban comes into force in February, any civil disobedience will only harden the attitudes of the liberal townies whose routines they will be disrupting.
- Outdoor activities are the main theme, just as you would expect given the particularly rugged beauty of the surrounding countryside, making it ideal for townies who need a couple of days away from the city.
- There are many townies who do not survive such trials but there are also many who doggedly remain, and at last there are new magazines and organisations that offer support - and much needed advice.
- In recent weeks, he has sneered and jeered and delighted in telling pro-hunting country people to submit to the will of the townies in banning the hunt and sentencing tens of thousands of hounds to death.
- Not all small communities see the benefits, however, and the taverns of Port McNeill have seen heated arguments between pro-farming townies and anti-farming islanders.
- I think at the moment the spin merchants and townies are trying to push the countryside that bit too far.
- Lots of townies and people with a couple of acres are buying hens, just to have them milling around their feet.
- Fed up with annoying townies blathering on about the countryside?
- When asked about the 92% that are vehemently opposed to the proposition, she declares them all to be trouble makers, Luddites, townies, misty eyed liberals - or suffering from Mad Cow disease.
- A growing number of townies have been phoning Sarah at her home in Milford on Sea to book a stress-busting session at her riding school.
- It was only the incoming townies who ever kicked up about it.
- It's a typical case of townies trying to tell people how to run the countryside.
- The 1960s were full of ballrooms of no chance, lacquered townies and long stepping country men who came looking for their hearts delights under fat Harvest moons.
- He's stuck in a pebble-dashed council house on the edge while townies occupy the cottage that his grandparents once lived in.
- We have heard that the business consortium want to dictate to the county board, that they are all townies and are trying to seize control on behalf of the town clubs, that it is only the senior footballers that they are interested in.
- In Britain, we have townies and country folk, northerners and southerners, but Spain has 17 distinct regions, each with its own food, festivals and politics.
- 1.1 A resident in a college town, rather than a student.
any differences there might have been between townies and students Example sentencesExamples - But when she actually comes across a guy who finds her interesting, she brusquely pushes him away because of her insecurities and because he's a townie, not good enough to be associating with prep-school girls.
- Would anyone suggest that the citizens of those towns - undergrads and townies alike - should submit all their local decisions to the U.S. Congress?
- Professors, students, and townies alike stood around us, sobbing silently at the destruction of the most beloved building on campus.
- Ruth worries that Natalie is older than Frank and a single mother, but worse, that she's a townie and a distraction from his studies and eventual career.
- Having conveniently forgotten our vows never to return, we showed off our still-attached limbs, teaching the mix of students and townies the art of disco-dancing.
- From cards to boats to horses, the townies of Oxford seemed only too willing to indulge the students in morally questionable pastimes.
adjectiveˈtounēˈtaʊni informal Relating to or characteristic of a town. the bar's got a great vibe, not too snobby and not too towny all the usual towny stuff is at the bottom of the hill Example sentencesExamples - Every pub was filled with studenty types, so we headed towards The Old School, which is considered to be a towny pub and not too popular with the student element.
- In the eyes of the townie taxpayer, the image of the moaning farmer has long flourished.
- What was once a cool vibrant atmosphere has been replaced by a slightly towny/laddy vibe that really isn't worth the trek to get to.
- You need to get out more - try hanging out in a townie bar and see what happens.
- With only a few quiet words, he can solve any and all problems confronting towny fishermen like ourselves.
- The bijou townie character of a lot of the new development is quite out of keeping with the historic character of the town.
- We got a bit worried when we saw a couple of police cars, but luckily they were country policemen rather than townie jobsworths, so we just got a look.
- We have some townie friends coming to stay next week.
- He began to run outdoor pursuit centres, whose main aim was to show mainly townie children the joys - and perils - of the countryside.
- I didn't really fancy her (she was nice but a bit towny), so the pressure was off a little.
- When I went to university in Birmingham, I lived in the red-light district which was just so buzzy that I realised immediately I was a towny person!
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