townee


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Noun1.townee - townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dwellertownee - townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
towner, townsman - a resident of a town or city
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townee

[taʊˈniː] townie [ˈtaʊnɪ] N → habitante mf de la ciudad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

townee

n (pej) → Städter(in) m(f), → Stadtmensch m; (Univ) Bewohner einer Universitätsstadt, der nicht der Universität angehört
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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"Was it townees?" he asked, greeting her with a pleasant smile.
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Don't forget to indulge in Lake County Restaurant Week featuring a slew of Libertyville eateries, including the aforementioned cafe, Chrissoula's Restaurant, Main Street Social, Mickey Finn's Brewery, O'Toole's Libertyville, Porto's Peri Peri, Sunset Foods, Townee Square and Wildberry Caf.
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Build a bloody house and live like bloody kings", before adding laconically: "It's too wild for a townee."
Dylan Thomas; by KathrynThomas, Gower Conservation Ranger, NationalTrust
The utter boredom of a sophisticated townee forced to live in the country was perfectly conveyed, while the cruelty of his lecture to Tatyana after receiving her letter stabbed to the quick.
English National Opera
"I'm a townee. I didn't sit on a tractor until I was 46," Clay says.
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