Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A visitor from another town or city.
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- n. Used to characterize someone as not from the vicinity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oliver, in the early episodes of his new show at least, has made some converts but also gotten pushback from people who don't take kindly to an out-of-towner overhauling their diets.
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The fans didn't really like or trust the out-of-towner.
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His status with the Town Council already faltering, the chief puts his own job in serious jeopardy by agreeing to help a celebrated out-of-towner search for her missing child.
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Portman, an Atlanta developer, brought an out-of-towner's perspective to the design of the hotel.
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Meet the child prodigy Chiyo, the animal-loving Sakaki, the spacey out-of-towner Osaka, the straight-laced Yomi and her best friend Tomo, and the sports-loving Kagura throughout their high school lives.
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The rider was, in fact, an out-of-towner visiting Portland to participate in an event called HoodBomb.
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I can't cite statistics, but I'd wager somewhere around 75% of the day-to-day minor annoyances that occur in NYC happen as the result of an out-of-towner intermixing with a local.
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Attending tonight's concert with an out-of-towner reminded me just how lucky we are to live in Cape Town and are able to attend so many cultural activities.
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And that the Toasted Almond's average buyer tends to be how to put this delicately? an older individual, and a native New Yorker, as best as he can tell, not an out-of-towner.
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Update: An out-of-towner writes to ask “is that the nicest thing you can say about Taddeo?”
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