单词 | brooklynite |
释义 | Brooklyniten. A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn. ΚΠ 1841 Ladies Compan. Nov. 20/1 The Brooklynites confidently expect their city to eclipse New York. 1898 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 5 Feb. 5/4 (headline) Brooklynites and Manhattanites intent on suicide attracted to the rural cemeteries [of Queens]. 1945 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 6 Nov. 4/4 This 66-year-old Brooklynite is the oldest listed man okayed for active army duty. 2000 P. Beatty Tuff xi. 143 There's a weekend adage Brooklynites utter on nights such as this: ‘It's not where you're from, it's where you're at.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1841 |
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