Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a resident of a town or city
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Examples
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An out-of-town driver stopped by a police officer in any given area has a 51 percent chance of getting slapped with a fine, versus 30 percent for a local, and the average fine for an out-of-towner is $5 higher.
Primary Sources 2007
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An out-of-town driver stopped by a police officer in any given area has a 51 percent chance of getting slapped with a fine, versus 30 percent for a local, and the average fine for an out-of-towner is $5 higher.
Primary Sources 2007
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I think the talk of love and teary goodbyes are much more threatening than an 'out of towner'.
Cynthia Ellis: Tribeca Film Interview: Griffin Dunne's Dinner Last Night with Keira Knightley Cynthia Ellis 2011
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I think the talk of love and teary goodbyes are much more threatening than an 'out of towner'.
Cynthia Ellis: Tribeca Film Interview: Griffin Dunne's Dinner Last Night with Keira Knightley Cynthia Ellis 2011
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Remember, you pick up most documents from the city departments housed in the penis-shaped office towner (looking "down" from Capitol Hill).
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Yes, only $6.95 – but not enough to fill up a hungry mid-towner.
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I held Lulu's hand and tilted back my head in admiration of the golden ceiling, unable to keep from looking up, the surest sign of an out of towner.
First Love & Other Obsessions Gary Percesepe 2011
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I know it's going to show me up as an out of towner but that last line was a real shocker. "will be * executed*"?!
How the DC snipers hacked an ex-police car to make a killing machine - Boing Boing 2009
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I was a small-towner, too, but I can sure identify with the feelings.
An Essay by Robert Silverberg Bill Crider 2008
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Quaalude ruled the day, uppers and downers and, good old cocaine, the ... #39; all around towner '.
Feed your Head 2009
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