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ˌout-of-ˈtown, adj. phr. (n.)
[out of prep. phr. 8, III.]
A. adj. Situated, originating from, or occurring outside a town. Also, unsophisticated.
1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 950 My own out-of-town single-room. 1891Boston Daily Globe 24 Mar. 5/8 Out of town people sending to us for wines. 1903R. Bedford True Eyes 198 The two walked down the rise on its out-of-town side. 1930E. Waugh Vile Bodies x. 174 There were a great number of journalists making the best of an ‘out-of-town’ job. 1937M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget iv. 71 When an out-of-town cousin turns up, you undoubtedly entertain her more lavishly. 1957H. Roosenberg Walls came tumbling Down ix. 209 She was going..to make some out-of-town phone calls. 1959Manch. Guardian 10 Aug. 3/1 Scotland's ‘Theatre in the Hills’ is a model for out-of-town theatres. 1971Daily Hampshire Gaz. (Northampton, Mass.) 9 Nov. 1/3 Servicemen based in Northampton led groups of out-of-town based gas men to various sections of the town. 1973J. Mann Only Security vii. 81 I've never seen anything so horrible as one of those out-of-town shopping centres I saw in the Midlands. 1977New Yorker 9 May 35/1 Most of them [sc. students] were so nice and out-of-town that they were not completely comfortable with escalators and revolving doors.
B. n. A person originating from outside a particular town. Also ˌout-of-ˈtowner.
a1911D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 162 Except for ‘out-of-towners’, the married men were the chief support of their profession. 1941Reader's Digest May 29/1 Sometimes out-of-towners leave no tip at all. 1958Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/6 The out of towners swarm in and laugh in the wrong places. 1966‘W. Haggard’ Power House xiii. 136 The driver..[had] mistaken him for an out-of-town and he'd cruise him through Regent's Park and..claim the full fare. 1973J. Drummond Bang! Bang! You're Dead! xxv. 84 Out-of-towners or won't⁓works agitate at so much the hour, never mind what about. 1976New Yorker 15 Nov. 162/2 It had found that many of the out-of-towners in charge of choosing convention sites..had had to be talked out of changing their plans at the last minute. |