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  • noun a resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City

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Examples

  • The west-sider's obligatory Range Rover—enormous and expensive, $80,000 at a minimum, before you start replacing door latches and air-suspension relays—is simply too much overhead.

    Evoque: A Range Rover for a Smaller Era Dan Neil 2011

  • Like Bey, Petty was a native west-sider with a talent for baking cookies, though he wasn't a baker by training.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Hoping to pick up votes from both sides of the state, Republican Bouchard tapped a well-known west-sider, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, as running mate in his bid for governor.

    detnews.com - Local 2009

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