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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
townee
n (pej) → Städter(in) m(f), → Stadtmensch m; (Univ) Bewohner einer Universitätsstadt, der nicht der Universität angehört
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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.
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Hassler offers a range of student abilities and townee quirkiness, the 1960s faculty problem of how to cope with marginal male students whose failure will mean a trip to Vietnam, and an intimate look at domestic and departmental campus politics.
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The other big factor was that he was essentially a townee, Penelope a countrywoman.
John Betjeman: Letters 1926-1951 by Horder, Mervyn / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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