blow-ins

They are led these days by a succession of “blow-ins”, as we call them here – non-locals with no stake whatsoever in NI, past or future.

Police Response Times – A Serious Debate SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

It makes all the difference, and I wouldn't trade that environment for all the bored smarty-pants blow-ins you can muster.

When Your Opinion Counts Candid Engineer 2009

It has become known as the "Irish Riviera", and in Schull, an artistic and bohemian community, there are now almost as many "blow-ins" (foreign residents) as there are born-and-bred locals.

Du Plantier murder: village of Schull in West Cork is braced for new moves in case that shattered its peace 2010

This Pythagorean Community was organized out of a necessity in order to escape the blow-ins who sailed across from Greece intent on some new thing, but principally to get knowledge and a living without work.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Elbert Hubbard 1885

Colleen French, the Los Angeles chef known for her Renegade Dinner Club, often stays and cooks for other guests and assorted blow-ins, like the actor Udo Kier, who comes over from his house in Palm Springs.

NYT > Home Page By BROOKE HODGE 2011

Colleen French, the Los Angeles chef known for her Renegade Dinner Club, often stays and cooks for other guests and assorted blow-ins, like the actor Udo Kier, who comes over from his house in Palm Springs.

NYT > Home Page By BROOKE HODGE 2011

There will be no blow-ins here, thank you very much!

Irish Blogs Declan Cashin 2010

The real irony, of course, remains that the 'Real DUP' MPs and MLAs - not the blow-ins like Donaldson and McCausland - remain remarkably quiet.

Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

It didn't have some blow-ins from Los Angeles running it.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed John Doyle 2010

Being only "blow-ins" to North London rather than a club rooted in the place, coupled with the slightly sordid episode where you bought your first division status instead of winning it on the pitch, always leaves you looking slightly shabby, despite your Old Etonian pretensions.

Chelsea Blog 2010