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- noun A person from
Brooklyn inNew York City .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I prefer to be called a Brooklynite or a Moabite, after the two places I call home -- Brooklyn, New York, and Moab, Utah -- which to me are part of the same nation only in name and only by the force of outmoded institutions.
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It's because a Brooklynite is a natural-born hay. seed, and can never become a real New Yorker.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883
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Mr. Brooks, speaking as a "Brooklynite," about fellow honoree Mr. Springsteen.
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The born-and-bred Brooklynite is a single mom of two, the owner Staten Island's Drunken Monkey and she's certainly a celebrity in the "Mob Wives" world.
Big Ang Of 'Mob Wives' Inspires Fans' Tattoos The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Testimony ranged from people like David Goerlitz, the former "Winston Man" who, in a press conference before the hearing, said smokers are treated like "lepers and second-class citizens," to Joe Applebaum, a Brooklynite who equated second-hand smoke with rat poison and said smokers have "no consideration for their fellow man."
Heated Debate at Hearing on Smoking Ban in Parks The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Deciding on a location was easy, we knew we wanted to be in Brooklyn Kerry's been a Brooklynite for the past six years while Rob's been there for two, but deciding on a name was a little trickier.
Michael King: The Food Life: Seersucker and Fried Chicken Michael King 2012
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 Deciding on a location was easy, we knew we wanted to be in Brooklyn Kerry's been a Brooklynite for the past six years while Rob's been there for two, but deciding on a name was a little trickier.
Michael King: The Food Life: Seersucker and Fried Chicken Michael King 2012
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Pacino's ruffled, passionate evocation of working-class Brooklynite Sonny -- who riles the gawking crowd outside the bank with chants of "Attica!"
John Farr: Sidney Lumet: First Among Directors John Farr 2011
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Deciding on a location was easy, we knew we wanted to be in Brooklyn Kerry's been a Brooklynite for the past six years while Rob's been there for two, but deciding on a name was a little trickier.
Michael King: The Food Life: Seersucker and Fried Chicken Michael King 2012
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The Brooklynite says he's willing to sue for his rifle rights.
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