city slicker
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
city slicker (plural city slickers)
- (colloquial) One accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.
- Synonyms: urbanite, urban dweller, townie
- Look at the city slicker pulling up in his fancy German car.
Translations[edit]
one accustomed to urban living
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Further reading[edit]
- “city slicker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “city slicker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “city slicker”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “city slicker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.