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- noun the
instigator orperpetrator ofrustication
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Examples
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There were people whose grandparents were buried in the nearest cemetery who were still regarded as “from away,” although that wasn't quite as bad as being branded a “rusticator,” the locals' favorite term of abuse for city folks who came Down East in order to get in touch with country living.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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"I never could see no fun in bein 'a rusticator anyway, down there by the sea-wall on a hot day, settin' up agin 'a spruce tree admirin' the lan'scape, with ants an 'pitch ekally a-meanderin' over ye."
Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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Surgical in his cross-examination, deft in his ability to just let the religious rusticator wax inane.
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Some rusticator in Armpit, Alabama, may have loved the Minnie Pearl delivery of this hick, but I didn't.
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"I took a rusticator once 't was dietin 'for dyspepsy -- that's a state
Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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