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  • noun resident of a college town not affiliated with the college

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Examples

  • Friday night's ride was really rather interesting; I didn't want to take my bike just once around the block -- it's a bit of a production number -- so I just grabbed my old Townie, which is now Josie's bike.

    The New Homemaker Lynn 2010

  • A Townie is a super-comfy, easy-to-ride bike that's completely adjustable to anyone's size.

    unknown title 2009

  • Incidentally, Electra are well-known for their "Townie" bicycles, which feature that insanely relaxed "flat foot technology" geometry and are ideal for canine "portaging" or, if you're not from Portland, "schlepping":

    BSNYC Product Review: Electra Ticino 8D BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Incidentally, Electra are well-known for their "Townie" bicycles, which feature that insanely relaxed "flat foot technology" geometry and are ideal for canine "portaging" or, if you're not from Portland, "schlepping":

    Archive 2010-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Simply applying blanked statements aimed more at simply painting the works as "Townie" and "Catholic" shows a real lack of substance in your arguments.

    The Newfoundland Nationalist orthodoxy Ed Hollett 2007

  • Chris Kent with Burt was the winner of the 'Townie' division, with second place-getter Steve Farquharson and Max hot on their heels and and Linden Brackstone with Deagle coming third.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • The winner of the 'Townie' section was Mel Haier and Trigger and the best from the 'Country' section went to John Broughton and Mason.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • "Townie" comes most alive when Dubus writes about his father.

    "Townie," a memoir by Andre Dubus III 2011

  • "Townie" comes most alive when Dubus writes about his father.

    "Townie," a memoir by Andre Dubus III 2011

  • Judging from Andrew Dubus III's gritty memoir, "Townie," this interest extended, for him, well beyond his boyhood.

    Bareknuckle Beginnings Gordon D. Marino 2011

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